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MICRO
2008
IEEE
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14 years 9 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
15 years 2 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
14 years 1 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
15 years 2 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
15 years 1 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...