Title :
Research on Hardware Built-in Computer Safety
Author :
Hu, Dong ; Zhou, Dong ; Li, Ping
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Commun. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu
Abstract :
This article discusses the available concepts of hardware visualization techniques that enhance the computer system safety. Firstly it describes the existent methods such as execute disable bit (EDB) capability and virtual machine architecture (VMA) that are implemented in the general purpose processors. Then it introduces the execution disabling policies (EDP) method derived from the EDB capability. The EDP will provide an execution policing service that may be guaranteed by hardware for a function call. In this case every program will have a hardware verified certification to do a certain function. The article also introduces the concept of memory visualization based hardware cryptography being the enhancement to EDP and VMA
Keywords :
cryptography; virtual machines; virtual storage; computer system safety; execute disable bit capability; execution disabling policy method; execution policing service; hardware built-in computer safety; hardware verified certification; hardware virtualization technique; memory virtualization based hardware cryptography; virtual machine architecture; Computer architecture; Computer security; Cryptography; Data security; Electronic mail; Hardware; Platform virtualization; Protection; Safety; Virtual machining;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Circuits and Systems Proceedings, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guilin
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9584-0
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9585-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCAS.2006.284976