A BLP-based access control mechanism for the virtual machine system

Chuliang Weng, Yuan Luo, Minglu Li, Xinda Lu

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Abstract

The virtual machine system such as Xen provides a security isolation between virtual machines (VM) running on the virtual machine monitor (VMM). With the wide application of the virtualization technology, VMM is expected to not only provide the simple isolation but also provide limited sharing between VMs in a secure manner. In this paper, we present an access control mechanism for the virtual machine system, which is based on the BLP model. We prove that the virtual machine system with the access control mechanism and an initial secure state is a secure system. In addition, we implement a prototype of the access control mechanism for the virtual machine system based on Xen.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 9th International Conference for Young Computer Scientists, ICYCS 2008
Pages2278-2282
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event9th International Conference for Young Computer Scientists, ICYCS 2008 - Zhang Jia Jie, Hunan, China
Duration: 18 Nov 200821 Nov 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 9th International Conference for Young Computer Scientists, ICYCS 2008

Conference

Conference9th International Conference for Young Computer Scientists, ICYCS 2008
Country/TerritoryChina
CityZhang Jia Jie, Hunan
Period18/11/0821/11/08

Keywords

  • Access control
  • System security
  • Virtual machine
  • Virtual machine monitor

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