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Virtual Machines for Security

Posted by michael on from the virtually-impregnable dept.

k-hell writes "Researchers from the University of Michigan are using virtual machines to 'to provide security in an operating-system-independent manner.' They have designed and implemented a replay service for virtual machines called ReVirt, which 'logs enough information to replay a long-term execution of a virtual machine instruction-by-instruction.' A system called BackTracker 'automatically identifies potential sequences of steps that occurred in an intrusion,' and they provide a nice example of BackTracker's output for an attack against a machine that they set up as a honeypot, where an attacker gained access through httpd. Here's the source code."

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  1. Re:The obvious comparison... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. Re:The obvious comparison... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  4. Esteemed work by Swayne+Shabazz · · Score: -1, Troll
    I dabbled with using virtual machines in security for about 2 years at Carnegie Mellon. It has extreme potential in DRM applications, and shows tremendous promise in preventing IP infractions. We (Craig Curtis, head of theoretical computer science and myself, an aspiring computer scientist) immediately saw it's vast and influential potential, and immediately set to work on virtual machine security.

    However, our work became sidetracked when Craig developed an unusual affinity for horse sex. While the applications of the common horse penis in regards to a human are precaurious, to say the least, Craig nevertheless remained determined to not only engage in rapid, pulse pounding horse sex, but to somehow also increase it's efficiency. Craig quickly utilized the powers of virtual machine security to aid him in his ghastly crusade.

    After Craig was caught with a horse that he named "El Chancho the long when limp", 8 gerbils, a shrink wrapped box of OpenBSD, a lengthy printout of recent Kuro5hin.org posts, and an Xbox, funding for the project was cut.

  5. Re:Do your daddypants have Stain Defender (tm)? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Shut the fuck up, you stupid, babbling fool. If you don't like technology, DON'T READ ABOUT IT. What kind of an absolute, fat-assed, drooling idiot are you?