Virtualization-based System Hardening against Untrusted Kernels

• Main Author: CHENG, Yueqiang
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: virtualization based security; isolated execution environment; trusted path; I/O data protection; application protection; reliable secure foothold; Databases and Information Systems; Information Security; Systems Architecture
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/105; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1104&context=etd_coll
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Applications are integral to our daily lives to help us processing sensitive I/O data, such as individual passwords and camera streams, and private application data, such as financial information and medical reports. However, applications and sensitive data all surfer from the attacks from kernel ro...