• ozymandias117@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Attesting is very different from protecting

    The binary performing the inference isn’t running in the TEE, because the TEE runs on a weaker processor. The TEE is validating that the binary running on the main processors hasn’t been tampered with

    That’s decent, but doesn’t match the statement that inference is happening in the TEE

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      14 days ago

      I think the phrase “running in the TEE” is the idiomatic way to describe a program running on the main CPU, attested by the TEE processor, and protected/isolated from other processes on the system (modulo exploits, lol). I’m vaguely familiar with AMD’s SEV-SNP, mainly from reading security papers rather than any hands-on experience. I make no claims about Apple’s Secure Enclave, though.

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        14 days ago

        I very much disagree with

        think the phrase “running in the TEE” is the idiomatic way to describe a program running on the main CPU

        In the Confidentiality/Integrity/Availability triangle, a secondary process running in another operating system gives you integrity, but not confidentiality