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On 25/06/2020 16:10, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 05:39:39PM +0300, Paraschiv, Andra-Irina wrote:
>>
>> On 23/06/2020 11:59, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 11:03:28PM +0300, Andra Paraschiv wrote:
>>>> +The kernel bzImage, the kernel command line, the ramdisk(s) are part =
of the
>>>> +Enclave Image Format (EIF); plus an EIF header including metadata suc=
h as magic
>>>> +number, eif version, image size and CRC.
>>>> +
>>>> +Hash values are computed for the entire enclave image (EIF), the kern=
el and
>>>> +ramdisk(s). That's used, for example, to check that the enclave image=
 that is
>>>> +loaded in the enclave VM is the one that was intended to be run.
>>>> +
>>>> +These crypto measurements are included in a signed attestation docume=
nt
>>>> +generated by the Nitro Hypervisor and further used to prove the ident=
ity of the
>>>> +enclave; KMS is an example of service that NE is integrated with and =
that checks
>>>> +the attestation doc.
>>>> +
>>>> +The enclave image (EIF) is loaded in the enclave memory at offset 8 M=
iB. The
>>>> +init process in the enclave connects to the vsock CID of the primary =
VM and a
>>>> +predefined port - 9000 - to send a heartbeat value - 0xb7. This mecha=
nism is
>>>> +used to check in the primary VM that the enclave has booted.
>>>> +
>>>> +If the enclave VM crashes or gracefully exits, an interrupt event is =
received by
>>>> +the NE driver. This event is sent further to the user space enclave p=
rocess
>>>> +running in the primary VM via a poll notification mechanism. Then the=
 user space
>>>> +enclave process can exit.
>>>> +
>>>> +[1] https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/nitro/nitro-enclaves/
>>>> +[2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
>>>> +[3] https://lwn.net/Articles/807108/
>>>> +[4] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/kernel-paramet=
ers.html
>>>> +[5] https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/vsock.7.html
>>> Is the EIF specification and the attestation protocol available?
>> For now, they are not publicly available. Once the refs are available (e=
.g.
>> AWS documentation, GitHub documentation), I'll include them in the kernel
>> documentation as well.
>>
>> As a note here, the NE project is currently in preview
>> (https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/nitro/nitro-enclaves/) and part of the
>> documentation / codebase will be publicly available when NE is generally
>> available (GA). This will be in addition to the ones already publicly
>> available, like the NE kernel driver.
>>
>> Let me know if I can help with any particular questions / clarifications.
> Thanks!

You are welcome.

Andra


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