A framework of secure object system architecture

Author

Rousseau, L. ; Natkin, S.

Author_Institution

Centre d´´Etudes et de Recherche en Inf. du CNAM, Conservatoire Nat. des Arts et Metiers, Paris, France

fYear

1997

fDate

5-7 Feb 1997

Firstpage

108

Lastpage

115

Abstract

The paper presents some basic principles for the design of secure object oriented operating systems. The security relies on the control of right to call an object method. Capabilities are used to implement the control scheme. Our capabilities are named to enforce security (capabilities don´t have to be kept secret) and provide a per entity controlled propagation scheme. The propagated capabilities can be limited in different ways for different applications. Capability implementation, creation and rights propagation are discussed. Object migration and garbage collection are presented. We also introduce the problems of time synchronization and distribution of the public key server

Keywords

network operating systems; object-oriented programming; security of data; storage management; synchronisation; control scheme; controlled propagation scheme; garbage collection; object method; object migration; public key server; rights propagation; secure object oriented operating systems; secure object system architecture; time synchronization; Art; Centralized control; Computer security; Data security; Distributed computing; Information security; Kernel; Operating systems; Protection; Public key;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Object-Oriented Real-Time Dependable Systems, 1997. Proceedings., Third International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Newport Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8046-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WORDS.1997.609932

Filename

609932