The flask security architecture: System support for diverse security policies

8th USENIX Security Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Spencer, Ray ^a   Smalley, Stephen ^b   Loscocco, Peter ^b   Hibler, Mike ^c   Andersen, David ^c   Lepreau, Jay ^c  

^a Secure Computing Corporation   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTLES; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

CACHING MECHANISM; OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; POLICY DECISIONS; PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATIONS; SECURITY ARCHITECTURE; SERVICE-PROVIDING; SUPPORT FOR SECURITIES;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 85084160641     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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