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SUMMARY:Securing Virtual Machine Monitors: What is Needed? - Paul Karger (
 IBM Research - Watson)
DTSTART:20090306T140000Z
DTEND:20090306T150000Z
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CONTACT:Eiko Yoneki
DESCRIPTION:While many people view virtual machine monitors as something s
 pecial and different\, in realty they are just special purpose operating s
 ystems. The major difference is that the API to a virtual machine monitor 
 is the instruction set of the virtual machine\, while the API to an operat
 ing system is a set of system calls to manipulate processes\, file systems
 \, perform I/O\, etc. To the extent that a particular VMM uses\nparavirtua
 lization\, it begins to look more like a classical operating system than a
  VMM -- and just like operating systems\, VMMs can have exploitable securi
 ty vulnerabilities.\n\nThis talk will discuss the myths and reality behind
  virtualization and security\, and look at what is needed to build truly s
 ecure VMMs.\n\n
LOCATION:FW26\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Builiding
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