This paper describes an efficient and robust approach to provide a safe execution environment for an entire operating system, such as Linux, and all its applications. The approach...
John Criswell, Andrew Lenharth, Dinakar Dhurjati, ...
Continuously running systems require kernel software updates applied to them without downtime. Facilitating fast reboots, or delaying an update may not be a suitable solution in m...
Device drivers on commodity operating systems execute with kernel privilege and have unfettered access to kernel data structures. Several recent attacks demonstrate that such poor...
Shakeel Butt, Vinod Ganapathy, Michael M. Swift, C...
Proof of a user's identity is not always a sufficient means for making an authorization decision. In an increasing set of circumstances, knowledge of physical location provide...
Patrick Traynor, Joshua Schiffman, Thomas F. La Po...
Smartphones, tablets and other mobile platforms typically accommodate bulk data storage with low-cost, FAT-formatted Secure Digital cards. When one uses a mobile device to run a f...
Harvey Tuch, Cyprien Laplace, Kenneth C. Barr, Bi ...