Computer Systems Security: Winter 2018 Assignment 4: Difference between revisions
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# [2] When code runs in a "sandboxed environment" does this refer to a specific security technology? Explain briefly. | # [2] When code runs in a "sandboxed environment" does this refer to a specific security technology? Explain briefly. | ||
# [2] Why is it harder to implement protection boundaries within a process, as compared to having an operating system implement protection boundaries? Explain. | # [2] Why is it harder to implement protection boundaries within a process, as compared to having an operating system implement protection boundaries? Explain. | ||
# [2] Why are system calls a good interface for implementing security protections? Compare system calls to function/method calls in this context. | # [2] Why are system calls a good interface for implementing security protections? Compare system calls to function/method calls in this context. | ||
# [2] How do language runtimes (interpreted and just-in-time compiled) provide opportunities for enforcing security properties? Can these properties also be enforced when code is compiled (and at what cost)? | # [2] How do language runtimes (interpreted and just-in-time compiled) provide opportunities for enforcing security properties? Can these properties also be enforced when code is compiled (and at what cost)? | ||
# [8] Define whitelists, blacklists, anomaly detection, and virtualization. Explain how they are four fundamental strategies in computer security. For each, give an example of a security mechanism that makes use of the strategy. | |||
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Due: April 9, 2018, 10 AM
- [2] When code runs in a "sandboxed environment" does this refer to a specific security technology? Explain briefly.
- [2] Why is it harder to implement protection boundaries within a process, as compared to having an operating system implement protection boundaries? Explain.
- [2] Why are system calls a good interface for implementing security protections? Compare system calls to function/method calls in this context.
- [2] How do language runtimes (interpreted and just-in-time compiled) provide opportunities for enforcing security properties? Can these properties also be enforced when code is compiled (and at what cost)?
- [8] Define whitelists, blacklists, anomaly detection, and virtualization. Explain how they are four fundamental strategies in computer security. For each, give an example of a security mechanism that makes use of the strategy.