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| existing AMD-V virtualization architecture to support encrypted virtual machines. Encrypting virtual machines | existing AMD-V virtualization architecture to support encrypted virtual machines. Encrypting virtual machines | ||
| can help protect them not only from physical threats but also from other virtual machines or even the | can help protect them not only from physical threats but also from other virtual machines or even the | ||
| - | hypervisor itself. SEV thus represents a new virtualization security paradigm that is particularly applicable to | + | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:h:hypervisor]] itself. SEV thus represents a new virtualization security paradigm that is particularly applicable to |
| cloud computing where virtual machines need not fully trust the hypervisor and administrator of their host | cloud computing where virtual machines need not fully trust the hypervisor and administrator of their host | ||
| - | system. As with [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:secme], no application software modifications are required to support SEV. | + | system. As with [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:secme]], no application software modifications are required to support SEV. |
| Source: [[https://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2013/12/AMD_Memory_Encryption_Whitepaper_v7-Public.pdf ]] | Source: [[https://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2013/12/AMD_Memory_Encryption_Whitepaper_v7-Public.pdf ]] | ||