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Sealing OS Processes to Improve Dependability and Safety

Overview In most modern operating systems, a process is a hardware-protected abstraction for isolating code and data. This protection, however, is selective. Many common mechanisms - dynamic code loading, run-time code generation, shared memory, and intrusive system APIs - make the barrier between processes very permeable. This paper argues that this traditional open process architecture exacerbates the dependability and security weaknesses of modern systems.

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Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery	File Format	PDF
Date Published	March 2007
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Security, Security Management

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