Abstract
Virtualization is the underpinning technology enabling cloud computing service provisioning, and container-based virtualization provides an efficient sharing of the underlying host kernel libraries amongst multiple guests. While there has been research on protecting the host against compromise by malicious guests, research on protecting the guests against a compromised host is limited. In this paper, we present an access control solution which prevents the host from gaining access into the guest containers and their data. Using system call interception together with the built-in AppArmor mandatory access control (MAC) approach the solution protects guest containers from a malicious host attempting to compromise the integrity of data stored therein. Evaluation of results have shown that it can effectively prevent hostile access from host to guest containers while ensuring minimal performance overhead.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings - 14th International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms and Networks, I-SPAN 2017, 11th International Conference on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology, FCST 2017 and 3rd International Symposium of Creative Computing, ISCC 2017 |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 191-196 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781538608401 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781538608401 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Nov 2017 |
Event | The 14th International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks - Exeter, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Jun 2017 → 23 Jun 2017 http://cse.stfx.ca/~ISPAN2017/ |
Conference
Conference | The 14th International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks |
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Abbreviated title | I-SPAN 2017 |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Exeter |
Period | 21/06/17 → 23/06/17 |
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Keywords
- Access control
- Virtualization security
- Cloud security
- System call interception
- Container virtualization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Computer Science
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering