DocumentCode
2968039
Title
Integration of trusted operating system from open source
Author
Lu, Yung-Feng ; Kuo, Chin-Fu ; Chen, Chung-Hsin
Author_Institution
Inf. Syst. Lab., Inst. for Inf. Ind., Taipei, Taiwan
fYear
2003
fDate
14-16 Oct. 2003
Firstpage
273
Lastpage
280
Abstract
An operating system (OS) can be viewed as the collection progress of required directives before a computer system can run. Thus, OS is the most important software in any computer system. If OS is risky, then the computer system could be in danger. So, information security has become a critical issue for computer systems, it is necessary to develop a trusted operating system. As the result, in order to improve system security, there are many enhancements, which are developed. Some of them are open source. We can integrate appropriate software to construct a trusted system. The paper first gives a discussion covered the current security problems and the difficulty in solving those problems. Then, we study security function requirements from "protection profile for multilevel operating systems in environments requiring medium robustness", to find important secure features. Next, we demonstrate important security enhancement projects of OS with these corresponding security features. Finally, we give an idea about how to combine some of well-done open source secure software, and satisfy the secure features.
Keywords
operating systems (computers); public domain software; security of data; information security; open source secure software; security enhancement projects; trusted operating system; Access control; Computer security; Data security; Information security; Kernel; Laboratories; National security; Operating systems; Power system security; Protection;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Security Technology, 2003. Proceedings. IEEE 37th Annual 2003 International Carnahan Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7882-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CCST.2003.1297572
Filename
1297572
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