In GKE, what does enabling Confidential Nodes provide?

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In GKE, what does enabling Confidential Nodes provide?

Key points

  • Confidential Nodes leverage AMD SEV for in-memory encryption
  • Hypervisor access is a key threat vector addressed by Confidential Nodes
  • etcd encryption and pod-to-pod network encryption are separate concepts
  • SSH access is not directly related to Confidential Nodes

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