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Chapter: Security in Computing : Designing Trusted Operating Systems

Assurance in Trusted Operating Systems

This chapter has moved our discussion from the general to the particular. We began by studying different models of protection systems.

Assurance in Trusted Operating Systems

 

This chapter has moved our discussion from the general to the particular. We began by studying different models of protection systems. By the time we reached the last section, we examined three principlesisolation, security kernel, and layered structureused in designing secure operating systems, and we looked in detail at the approaches taken by designers of particular operating systems. Now, we suppose that an operating system provider has taken these considerations into account and claims to have a secure design. It is time for us to consider assurance, ways of convincing others that a model, design, and implementation are correct.

 

What justifies our confidence in the security features of an operating system? If someone else has evaluated the system, how have the confidence levels of operating systems been rated? In our assessment, we must recognize that operating systems are used in different environments; in some applications, less secure operating systems may be acceptable. Overall, then, we need ways of determining whether a particular operating system is appropriate for a certain set of needs. Both in Chapter 4 and in the previous section, we looked at design and process techniques for building confidence in the quality and correctness of a system. In this section, we explore ways to actually demonstrate the security of an operating system, using techniques such as testing, formal verification, and informal validation. Snow [SNO05] explains what assurance is and why we need it.


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