Intel to release SGX for Linux

Dan Zimmerman of Intel posted a status update regarding Linux availability of an SDK for Intel SGX:

Excerpting the blog:

The Intel intends to:
* Open-Source the Intel® SGX SDK for Linux* and associated Platform Software in June 2016.
* There will be a few user-space components where binaries will be provided instead of source

It sounds like this will be a freeware release that includes partial source, not a proper open source project. At least, I am not sure how it can be called “Open Source” if it includes a few binaries instead of source…

Going a bit off SGX-topic, in his blog post, Dan mentions:

“Whenever I talk with developers about Intel® SGX, one of the first questions asked is ‘When will Linux support be available’?”

I am glax Intel SGX team is paying attention to Linux. There are many other Intel teams that only pay attention to Windows. 😦

Full blog:

https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2016/04/11/intel-software-guard-extensions-sdk-for-linux-availability-update

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