[Bug Smash] The Amnesiac ORAM: Fixing Oblivious RAM That Forgot Everything

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Project Overview

I've been working on Styx OS — a custom x86-64 microkernel I'm building completely from scratch. It handles everything from the bootloader up through a capability-based userspace. The whole philosophy behind Styx OS is that you shouldn't even trust your own hardware. So, it packs in features like FIDO2 pre-boot auth, TPM 2.0 attestation, and AES-256-XTS encrypted storage.

Recently, I decided to tackle an experimental feature: adapting PathORAM (Oblivious RAM) directly to physical USB storage.

Bug Fix or Performance Improvement

[Bug Smash] The Amnesiac ORAM: Fixing Oblivious RAM That Forgot Everything

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