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2025-04-01From CTR to XTS: How TEE Memory Encryption Traded Freshness for Scale

The history of memory encryption in Trusted Execution Environments, from Intel SGX's counter-mode engine with integrity trees to the tweakable-cipher designs that power TDX and SEV-SNP today, and the tradeoff that came with the change.