Feb 11, 2021A deep dive into Conclave 1.0Another day, another vulnerability, another hack. Losing control of critical personal data feels random and inevitable (here’s one very recent example). It’d be great if we could trust IT service providers, but we can’t. Even if they’re totally respectable pillars of society who have only the best intentions, the difficulty…Confidential Computing5 min readConfidential Computing5 min read
Nov 18, 2020Conclave Beta 4 released!There’s a new version of Conclave out and about, with a whole lot of exciting new features. Writing secure enclaves in JVM languages just got easier, so download the SDK and let’s go over what’s been added. Easy deployment to Azure Azure probably has the best support for SGX of all the clouds right…Sgx5 min readSgx5 min read
Oct 23, 2020Conclave: Persistence and transactionsEnclaves should be a fully integrated component of an app — In this article we’ll explore some of the design thinking behind the Conclave API. So you’ve got a tamperproof, encrypted memory space. You’ve got remote attestation and you’ve got private keys, so you can convince other programs you’re running inside that memory space. You’ve got encrypted messages. It’s finally easy…Conclave8 min readConclave8 min read
Aug 11, 2020Conclave Beta 3: GraalVM, Mail, moreA new Conclave release finishes off the core feature set you need — Today we’re announcing a new beta release of Conclave, a platform that makes it easy to use secure hardware enclaves with Java. You can use enclaves to: Solve complex multi-party data problems, by running programs on a computer that prevents the hardware owner from seeing the calculations. Protect sensitive data…R34 min readR34 min read
Apr 14, 2020Conclave Beta is hereMaking enclaves easy — We are pleased to announce the first beta release of Conclave, our new platform for building secure hardware enclaves in Java. In this post we’ll look at what Conclave is, take a brief look at how you can use it and then look at the roadmap towards the first production…3 min read3 min read
Published inCorda·Mar 13, 2019Advanced app interop on CordaMore detail on how apps can work together — A big difference between Corda and other industrial blockchain platforms is the extent to which Corda prioritises different apps working together. This may seem like not a big deal — nearly everyone building platforms claims to care about things like flexibility, interoperability and the like. But dig a little deeper…Programming11 min readProgramming11 min read
Published inCorda·Nov 12, 2018Corda turns 3Last week it was Corda’s third birthday, if we go by the date of the first git commits. Seems like a good excuse to write a rambling blog post! I was reminded of this by watching newly posted interviews we did with flagship Corda users at CordaCon. It’s still a…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Published inCorda·Apr 26, 2018Corda’s new network map infrastructureExploring design decisions — Why we don’t ship a network map server anymore. The new network bootstrapping tool and planned upgrades. Information about an upcoming refresh of the testnet. Background information on the design thinking that went into the change. In Corda 3 we changed how the network map infrastructure works. This was the…DevOps11 min readDevOps11 min read
Published inCorda·Feb 6, 2018Speculation based side channel attacksThoughts on Meltdown and Spectre — I wanted to write down some thoughts on the CPU problems that are in the news. The first section has some analysis on how all this impacts computing and the cloud in general. The second section is Corda-specific. Because things are moving fast I’ll try to keep this post high…Programming15 min readProgramming15 min read
