Reference:
;login: The USENIX Magazine, December 2007, Volume 32, Number 6
Abstract:
Virtual machine technology is rapidly gaining acceptance as a
fundamental building block in enterprise data centers. It is most
known for improving efficiency and ease of managment. However, it
also provides a compelling approach to enhancing system security,
offering new ways to rearchitect today's systems, and opening the
door for a wide range of future security technologies.
Our objective is to provide readers with a better sense of what
virtualization can contribute in this area. We begin by looking at
the basic security benefits VMs can provide today, e.g.~its power as
a mechanism for isolation. We then survey the some of the emerging
security technologies supported by virtualization that we may
see in the years ahead.
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