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MICRO
2008
IEEE
162views Hardware» more  MICRO 2008»
13 years 5 months ago
MetaTM/TxLinux: Transactional Memory for an Operating System
This paper quantifies the effect of architectural design decisions on the performance of TxLinux. TxLinux is a Linux kernel modified to use transactions in place of locking primit...
Hany E. Ramadan, Christopher J. Rossbach, Donald E...
SIGOPSE
2004
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Reducing TCB size by using untrusted components: small kernels versus virtual-machine monitors
Secure systems are best built on top of a small trusted operating system: The smaller the operating system, the easier it can be assured or verified for correctness. In this pape...
Michael Hohmuth, Michael Peter, Hermann Härti...
ASPLOS
2011
ACM
12 years 9 months ago
Ensuring operating system kernel integrity with OSck
Kernel rootkits that modify operating system state to avoid detection are a dangerous threat to system security. This paper presents OSck, a system that discovers kernel rootkits ...
Owen S. Hofmann, Alan M. Dunn, Sangman Kim, Indraj...
GI
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Reliability study of an embedded operating system for industrial applications
: Critical industrial applications or fault tolerant applications need for operating systems (OS) which guarantee a correct and safe behaviour despite the appearance of errors. In ...
Juan Pardo, José Carlos Campelo, Juan Jos&e...
COMPSAC
2004
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Robustness Study of an Embedded Operating System for Industrial Applications
Critical industrial applications or fault tolerant applications need for operating systems (OS) which guarantee a correct and safe behaviour in spite of the appearance of errors. ...
Juan Pardo, José Carlos Campelo, Juan Jos&e...