Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) 2012

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Separation Virtual Machine Monitors

Separation kernels are the strongest form of separation for virtual machines.
We agree with NSA'S Information Assurance Directorate that while separation kernels are stronger than any other alternative, their construction on modern commodity hardware is no longer justifiable.
This is because of \creep\ in modern platform hardware.
We introduce the separation VMM as a response to this situation and explain how we prototyped one.

Author(s):

John McDermott    
Naval Research Laboratory
United States

Bruce Montrose    
Naval Research Laboratory
United States

Myong Kang    
Naval Research Laboratory
United States

Margery Li    
Naval Research Laboratory
United States

James Kirby    
Naval Research Laboratory
United States

 

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