On covert channels between virtual machines

Journal in Computer Virology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 85-97

  Ranjith, P ^a   Priya, Chandran ^a   Shalini, Kaleeswaran ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVERT CHANNELS; DATA LEAKAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HARDWARE UTILIZATION; INFORMATION FLOWS; INFORMATION LEAKAGE; NETWORK COVERT CHANNEL; NETWORK-BASED; SECURITY THREATS; VIRTUAL MACHINE MONITORS; VIRTUAL MACHINES; VIRTUALIZATIONS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SYSTEM FIREWALLS;

EID: 84864462530     PISSN: 17729890     EISSN: 17729904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11416-012-0168-x     Document Type: Article

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