The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security

Sam King - University of Illinois

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Trust and Protection in the Illinois Browser Operating System

Oct 20, 2010

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Abstract

Current web browsers are complex, have enormous trusted computing bases, and provide attackers with easy access to modern computer systems. In this talk we introduce the Illinois Browser Operating System (IBOS), a new operating system and a new browser that reduces the trusted computing base for web browsers. In our architecture we expose browser-level abstractions at the lowest software layer, enabling us to remove almost all traditional OS components and services from our trusted computing base by mapping browser abstractions to hardware abstractions directly. We show that this architecture is flexible enough to enable new browser security policies, can still support traditional applications, and adds little overhead to the overall browsing experience.

I will also talk briefly about some of my groups recent work in defending against malicious hardware.

About the Speaker

Sam King
Samuel T. King is an assistant professor in the Computer Science department at the University of Illinois. His research interests include security, experimental software systems, operating systems, and computer architecture. His current research focuses include defending against malicious hardware, designing and implementing secure web browsers, and applying machine learning to systems problems. Sam received his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2006.


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