TY - GEN
T1 - Kernel and application integrity assurance
T2 - 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and ApplicationsWorkshops/Symposia, AINAW'07
AU - Wang, Lifu
AU - Dasgupta, Partha
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Malware and rootkits are serious security vulnerabilities, and they can be designed to be resistant to anti-viral software, or even totally undetectable. This paper described a hierarchical trust management scheme, where the root of trust is in a non-tamperable hardware co-processor on a PCI bus. The hardware checks a part of the OS kernel for integrity which in turn checks other parts till we ensure the entire system is free of rootkits and viruses. Our system can detect illegal modifications to kernel, loadable kernel modules and user applications. It also provides a secure communication line for user interaction to enable legal software updates.
AB - Malware and rootkits are serious security vulnerabilities, and they can be designed to be resistant to anti-viral software, or even totally undetectable. This paper described a hierarchical trust management scheme, where the root of trust is in a non-tamperable hardware co-processor on a PCI bus. The hardware checks a part of the OS kernel for integrity which in turn checks other parts till we ensure the entire system is free of rootkits and viruses. Our system can detect illegal modifications to kernel, loadable kernel modules and user applications. It also provides a secure communication line for user interaction to enable legal software updates.
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U2 - 10.1109/AINAW.2007.217
DO - 10.1109/AINAW.2007.217
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:35248866390
SN - 0769528473
SN - 9780769528472
T3 - Proceedings - 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops/Symposia, AINAW'07
SP - 583
EP - 589
BT - Proceedings - 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and ApplicationsWorkshops/Symposia, AINAW'07
Y2 - 21 May 2007 through 23 May 2007
ER -