A survey of Intel SGX and its applications

Zheng, W; Wu, Y; Wu, X; Feng, C; Sui, Y; Luo, X; Zhou, Y

A survey of Intel SGX and its applications

Zheng, W Wu, Y Wu, X Feng, C Sui, Y

Luo, X Zhou, Y

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Citation:: Frontiers of Computer Science, 2021, 15, (3), pp. 153808
Issue Date:: 2021-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Zheng, W
dc.contributor.author	Wu, Y
dc.contributor.author	Wu, X
dc.contributor.author	Feng, C
dc.contributor.author	Sui, Y https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9510-6574
dc.contributor.author	Luo, X
dc.contributor.author	Zhou, Y
dc.date.accessioned	2021-04-23T07:10:58Z
dc.date.available	2021-04-23T07:10:58Z
dc.date.issued	2021-06-01
dc.identifier.citation	Frontiers of Computer Science, 2021, 15, (3), pp. 153808
dc.identifier.issn	2095-2228
dc.identifier.issn	2095-2236
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/148320
dc.description.abstract	This paper presents a comprehensive survey on the development of Intel SGX (software guard extensions) processors and its applications. With the advent of SGX in 2013 and its subsequent development, the corresponding research works are also increasing rapidly. In order to get a more comprehensive literature review related to SGX, we have made a systematic analysis of the related papers in this area. We first search through five large-scale paper retrieval libraries by keywords (i.e., ACM Digital Library, IEEE/IET Electronic Library, SpringerLink, Web of Science, and Elsevier Science Direct). We read and analyze a total of 128 SGX-related papers. The first round of extensive study is conducted to classify them. The second round of intensive study is carried out to complete a comprehensive analysis of the paper from various aspects. We start with the working environment of SGX and make a conclusive summary of trusted execution environment (TEE). We then focus on the applications of SGX. We also review and study multifarious attack methods to SGX framework and some recent security improvements made on SGX. Finally, we summarize the advantages and disadvantages of SGX with some future research opportunities. We hope this review could help the existing and future research works on SGX and its application for both developers and users.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation.ispartof	Frontiers of Computer Science
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s11704-019-9096-y
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title	A survey of Intel SGX and its applications
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	15
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - AAII - Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
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dc.date.updated	2021-04-23T07:10:57Z
pubs.issue	3
pubs.publication-status	Accepted
pubs.volume	15
utslib.citation.issue	3

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This paper presents a comprehensive survey on the development of Intel SGX (software guard extensions) processors and its applications. With the advent of SGX in 2013 and its subsequent development, the corresponding research works are also increasing rapidly. In order to get a more comprehensive literature review related to SGX, we have made a systematic analysis of the related papers in this area. We first search through five large-scale paper retrieval libraries by keywords (i.e., ACM Digital Library, IEEE/IET Electronic Library, SpringerLink, Web of Science, and Elsevier Science Direct). We read and analyze a total of 128 SGX-related papers. The first round of extensive study is conducted to classify them. The second round of intensive study is carried out to complete a comprehensive analysis of the paper from various aspects. We start with the working environment of SGX and make a conclusive summary of trusted execution environment (TEE). We then focus on the applications of SGX. We also review and study multifarious attack methods to SGX framework and some recent security improvements made on SGX. Finally, we summarize the advantages and disadvantages of SGX with some future research opportunities. We hope this review could help the existing and future research works on SGX and its application for both developers and users.

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