This paper presents a new approach called model-carrying code (MCC) for safe execution of untrusted code. At the heart of MCC is the idea that untrusted code comes equipped with a...
R. Sekar, V. N. Venkatakrishnan, Samik Basu, Sande...
Code injection attacks, despite being well researched, continue to be a problem today. Modern architectural solutions such as the NX-bit and PaX have been useful in limiting the a...
Software failures in server applications are a significant problem for preserving system availability. We present ASSURE, a system that introduces rescue points that recover softw...
Stelios Sidiroglou, Oren Laadan, Carlos Perez, Nic...
Hosts infected with malicious software, so called malware, are ubiquitous in today’s computer networks. The means whereby malware can infiltrate a network are manifold and rang...
Konrad Rieck, Guido Schwenk, Tobias Limmer, Thorst...
Most computer defense systems crash the process that they protect as part of their response to an attack. Although recent research explores the feasibility of selfhealing to autom...
Michael E. Locasto, Angelos Stavrou, Gabriela F. C...