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MaynardG: Description of the SKINIT command starts in chapter 3.1


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Virtualization: AMD's Pacifica...

AMD64 Virtualization Codenamed "Pacifica" Technology

Secure Virtual Machine Architecture Reference Manual

See chapter 3.1

http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/33047.pdf

For those that are interested a glimpse into the command set for virtualization leveraging the TPM...



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Generalized Virtual TPM (GVTPM) Framework

http://summit.xensource.com/pdfs/XenSecurity_Intel_CRozas.pdf

Page 11:

GVTPM Manager Suite

– Presented to TCG for consideration
– Create TCG Credentials for GVTPM Device Models that implement TPM 1.2 interfaces

– Roots the GVTPM Device Model’s trust in the hardware TPM
– Provides management of the TPM and its resources



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Virtualization is an interesting topic

The platform root-of-trust is in the real, motherboard mounted TPM. AMD's "Pacifica" or Intel's VT/LT based platforms allow to generate "soft TPMs" for each virtualized compartment/space. Please check out slides 11 through 17

And the one thing that everybody needs to keep in mind is that every TPM, real or soft, wiill need the trust infrastructure.

Virtualization is a good thing!


Here the link to a quite explanatory presentation. It has been posted before...

http://grid.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ggf12-sec-wkshp/panel4/kuhlman.ppt