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Subject: AMD's memory encryption (aka SME)
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Hi there,

does anyone have an opinion on AMD's "Secure Memory Encryption"? This 
transparently encrypts all/most RAM pages.
Looking at some tech docs, this seems fairly easy to implement.
I was wondering if someone has attempted that already, or knows of 
reasons why not to.


Thanks,

Johannes