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From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 18/23] platform/x86: Intel SGX driver
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 08:15:21 -0800
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On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 05:15:08AM -0600, Dr. Greg wrote:
> Malware would not necessarily need the Intel attestation service.
> Once access to the PROVISION bit is available, malware teams could
> simply build their own attestation service.

AFAIK not possible as they wouldn't have access to the root provisioning
key. Can be confirmed from the SDM's key derivation table (41-56).

/Jarkko