Summary

PolyCrypt GmbH proposes to strengthen the Shutter protocol through the trusted execution environment (TEE) capabilities of Intel’s SGX technology. This addresses one of the goals mentioned in the Shutter Roadmap. SGX is essentially a high-security black-box within the CPU that can prove correctness of computation and confidentiality of data, even against attackers that have full control over the operating system with full privileges. Using remote attestation, the TEE can prove that the expected code is running, thus K…