Miscellaneous Tech News
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Instead of falling behind in security like Intel, AMD leaps forward with AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization about to be in the Linux 4.16 kernel.
That is huge!
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@tim_g said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Instead of falling behind in security like Intel, AMD leaps forward with AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization about to be in the Linux 4.16 kernel.
That is huge!
It really is. Cool looking stuff.
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@tim_g said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Instead of falling behind in security like Intel, AMD leaps forward with AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization about to be in the Linux 4.16 kernel.
That is huge!
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@tim_g said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Instead of falling behind in security like Intel, AMD leaps forward with AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization about to be in the Linux 4.16 kernel.
That is huge!
Doesn’t Hyper-V 2016 have something like that utilizing bitlocker or something like that?
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@tim_g said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Instead of falling behind in security like Intel, AMD leaps forward with AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization about to be in the Linux 4.16 kernel.
That is huge!
Doesn’t Hyper-V 2016 have something like that utilizing bitlocker or something like that?
Bitlocker isn't even remotely at the same level as this.
Bitlocker just stops all access to the boot disk and all data under it. This actively prevents VM's from communicating on unsecured channels to the host CPU.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@tim_g said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Instead of falling behind in security like Intel, AMD leaps forward with AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization about to be in the Linux 4.16 kernel.
That is huge!
Doesn’t Hyper-V 2016 have something like that utilizing bitlocker or something like that?
Bitlocker just encrypts the drives when the machine is powered down. Once the system is fired up, Bitlocker is "gone" until it is powered down again.
AMD is protecting memory of the running machine.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@tim_g said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Instead of falling behind in security like Intel, AMD leaps forward with AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization about to be in the Linux 4.16 kernel.
That is huge!
Doesn’t Hyper-V 2016 have something like that utilizing bitlocker or something like that?
Bitlocker just encrypts the drives when the machine is powered down. Once the system is fired up, Bitlocker is "gone" until it is powered down again.
AMD is protecting memory of the running machine.
I think this is what I was referring too.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/guarded-fabric-shielded-vm/guarded-fabric-and-shielded-vms -
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@tim_g said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Instead of falling behind in security like Intel, AMD leaps forward with AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization about to be in the Linux 4.16 kernel.
That is huge!
Doesn’t Hyper-V 2016 have something like that utilizing bitlocker or something like that?
Bitlocker just encrypts the drives when the machine is powered down. Once the system is fired up, Bitlocker is "gone" until it is powered down again.
AMD is protecting memory of the running machine.
I think this is what I was referring too.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/guarded-fabric-shielded-vm/guarded-fabric-and-shielded-vmsServer 2016 has Device Guard, Credential Guard (Against Mimikatz) and Control Flow Guard too.
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@black3dynamite This appears to be some functionality of Windows Server 2016, not of Hyper-V directly.
And why the hell does Microsoft refer to it as "Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V".
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite This appears to be some functionality of Windows Server 2016, not of Hyper-V directly.
And why the hell does Microsoft refer to it as "Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V".
That is how they refer to it even on previous versions
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@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite This appears to be some functionality of Windows Server 2016, not of Hyper-V directly.
And why the hell does Microsoft refer to it as "Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V".
That is how they refer to it even on previous versions
So is this functionality provided from Hyper-V 2016 or from Windows Server 2016 as a part of the guest?
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite This appears to be some functionality of Windows Server 2016, not of Hyper-V directly.
And why the hell does Microsoft refer to it as "Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V".
The page says at the top: "Applies to: Windows Server (Semi-Annual Channel), Windows Server 2016"
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Do a Google on "Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V" and it's pretty clear it isn't a product. Who knows how MS got that one doc so insanely wrong. But whoever wrote it doesn't even know what products are made by Microsoft. I'd guess that that paper is not a valid resource for anything
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Do a Google on "Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V" and it's pretty clear it isn't a product. Who knows how MS got that one doc so insanely wrong. But whoever wrote it doesn't even know what products are made by Microsoft. I'd guess that that paper is not a valid resource for anything
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/8/5/585DF9E9-D3D6-410A-8B51-81C7FC9A727C/Windows_Server_2016_Security_Guide_EN_US.pdf
Take a look at this:
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@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Do a Google on "Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V" and it's pretty clear it isn't a product. Who knows how MS got that one doc so insanely wrong. But whoever wrote it doesn't even know what products are made by Microsoft. I'd guess that that paper is not a valid resource for anything
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/8/5/585DF9E9-D3D6-410A-8B51-81C7FC9A727C/Windows_Server_2016_Security_Guide_EN_US.pdf
Take a look at this:
WTF!
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Do a Google on "Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V" and it's pretty clear it isn't a product. Who knows how MS got that one doc so insanely wrong. But whoever wrote it doesn't even know what products are made by Microsoft. I'd guess that that paper is not a valid resource for anything
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/8/5/585DF9E9-D3D6-410A-8B51-81C7FC9A727C/Windows_Server_2016_Security_Guide_EN_US.pdf
Take a look at this:
WTF!
I don't know
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Somebody is making shit up.
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I commented on their use of the terms "Hyper-V" and "Server 2016" asking for clarification.
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@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Do a Google on "Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V" and it's pretty clear it isn't a product. Who knows how MS got that one doc so insanely wrong. But whoever wrote it doesn't even know what products are made by Microsoft. I'd guess that that paper is not a valid resource for anything
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/8/5/585DF9E9-D3D6-410A-8B51-81C7FC9A727C/Windows_Server_2016_Security_Guide_EN_US.pdf
Take a look at this:
Yup, that just means an outside contractor, like the ones that answer Microsoft's support lines, wrote that instead of someone working in technology.
