Title:
CONFIGURATION SPACE VIRTUALIZATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/039887
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Various aspects are disclosed herein for bounding the behavior of a non-privileged virtual machine that interacts with a device by creating a description of the device which indicates to a privileged authority (1) which operations on the device may have system-wide effects and (2) which operations have effects local to the device. The privileged authority may then permit or deny these actions. The privileged authority may also translate these actions into other actions with benign consequences.
Inventors:
OSHINS JACOB (US)
ALLSOP BRANDON (US)
THORNTON ANDREW JOHN (US)
ALLSOP BRANDON (US)
THORNTON ANDREW JOHN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2009/059105
Publication Date:
July 08, 2010
Filing Date:
September 30, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MICROSOFT CORP (US)
International Classes:
G06F9/22; G06F13/14; G06F9/44; G06F21/00
Foreign References:
| US20030187904A1 | 2003-10-02 | |||
| US20030188122A1 | 2003-10-02 | |||
| US20070156986A1 | 2007-07-05 | |||
| US20080005297A1 | 2008-01-03 | |||
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Other References:
See also references of EP 2335157A4
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