Paper Info
Title
Kernel and Application Integrity Assurance: Ensuring Freedom from Rootkits and Malware in a Computer System
Abstract
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.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/AINAW.2007.217
AINA Workshops (1)
Keywords
Field
DocType
loadable kernel module,application integrity assurance,computer system,user application,legal software updates,hardware check,non-tamperable hardware co-processor,user interaction,hierarchical trust management scheme,os kernel,anti-viral software,ensuring freedom,entire system,secure communication,coprocessors,information security,application software,internet,kernel,computer science,hardware,computer security,law,pci bus
Kernel (linear algebra),Computer security,Computer science,Rootkit,Computer network,Software,Coprocessor,Os kernel,Operating system kernel,Malware,Operating system,Secure communication
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-2847-3
2
0.41
References 
Authors
6
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lifu Wang113720.18
Partha Dasgupta229847.40