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Secret x86 Registers and the Processor's Ring 0

DEFCONConference · Talk · 21 min · 2018 · YouTube title: DEF CON 26 - Christopher Domas - The Ring 0 Facade Awakening the Processors Inner Demons
Why it's here

HN commenters call his x86 internals talks spectacular and mention them whenever low-level processor surprises come up.

What it covers

Christopher Domas's DEF CON 26 talk on secret processor registers that vendors reserve for third parties holding trusted keys. He examines how users are locked out of parts of their own CPUs.