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virtualizaton and security cfp (was Re: Death of antivirus software imminent)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean W. Smith)
Thu Jan 3 16:27:22 2008
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.61.0801021910110.15241@mental>
From: "Sean W. Smith" <sws@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 09:00:12 -0500
To: Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
With this discussion of virtualization and security, it might be a =20
good time to note:
>
>
> IEEE Security & Privacy
> Special issue on virtualization
> September/October 2008
>
> Deadline for submissions: 6 February 2008
>
> Visit www.computer.org/portal/pages/security/author.xml to submit a =20=
> manuscript
> Guest editors: Samuel T. King (UIUC), Sean W. Smith (Dartmouth)
>
> Virtualization has several properties that make it useful for =20
> security applications. Traditional virtual machine monitors aspire =20
> to enforce strong isolation among multiple operating systems (OSes) =20=
> running on the same physical hardware, enable software services to =20
> be implemented below the OS at a layer usually only accessible by =20
> hardware, and provide low-level software with convenient =20
> abstractions of the virtual machine=EDs hardware resources. Other =20
> approaches aspire to provide multiple virtual but isolated images =20
> of the same OS installation. These properties helped foster a new =20
> class of virtual-machine- based security services and made =20
> virtualization a staple of many enterprise computing environments.
>
> A common topic in the early days of computing, virtualization has =20
> recently seen a resurgence of commercial and research interest. =20
> Consequently, the security implications of virtualization =20
> technology are the topic of the Sept./Oct. 2008 special issue of =20
> IEEE Security & Privacy magazine. We are looking for feature =20
> articles with an in-depth coverage of topics related to =20
> virtualization technology and how it applies to security. Among the =20=
> potential topics are:
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> --Virtualization for intrusion detection
> --Virtualization for forensic analysis of compromised computer systems
> --Virtualization for analyzing malicious software
> --Hardware support for secure virtualization
> --Security interfaces between VMMs and operating systems
> --Securing applications using virtualization
> --Securing attacks using virtualization
> --Security analysis of virtualization
>
> The above list is neither complete nor closed. Authors are =20
> encouraged to submit articles that explore other aspects of =20
> virtualization and its application to security. Submissions will be =20=
> subject to the peer-review methodology for refereed papers. =20
> Articles should be understandable to a broad audience of people =20
> interested in security and privacy. The writing should be down to =20
> earth, practical, and original. Authors should not assume that the =20
> audience will have specialized experience in a particular subfield. =20=
> All accepted articles will be edited according to the IEEE Computer =20=
> Society style guide.
>
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