This academic paper from Chalmers University of Technology explores the integration of a virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) into the Firecracker hypervisor, developed by Amazon Web Services. The goal is to enhance trust in Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings. The researchers also conducted multiple performance tests and an attack surface analysis to assess the impact of the changes. The results suggest that the slight increase in the attack surface and decrease in performance are acceptable trade-offs for enabling trusted computing in PaaS offerings.
Publication date: 6 Oct 2023
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Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.03522
