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ICPP
2002
IEEE
14 years 19 days ago
Linux/SimOS - A Simulation Environment for Evaluating High-Speed Communication Systems
This paper presents Linux/SimOS, a Linux operating system port to SimOS, which is a complete machine simulator from Stanford. The motivation for Linux/SimOS is to alleviate the li...
Chulho Won, Ben Lee, Chansu Yu, Sangman Moh, Yong-...
SIGOPS
2008
183views more  SIGOPS 2008»
13 years 7 months ago
Plan 9 authentication in Linux
In Linux, applications like su and login currently run as root in order to access authentication information and set or alter the identity of the process. In such cases, if the ap...
Ashwin Ganti
SP
2006
IEEE
193views Security Privacy» more  SP 2006»
14 years 1 months ago
Analysis of the Linux Random Number Generator
Linux is the most popular open source project. The Linux random number generator is part of the kernel of all Linux distributions and is based on generating randomness from entrop...
Zvi Gutterman, Benny Pinkas, Tzachy Reinman
VLDB
2005
ACM
90views Database» more  VLDB 2005»
14 years 1 months ago
Getting Priorities Straight: Improving Linux Support for Database I/O
The Linux 2.6 kernel supports asynchronous I/O as a result of propositions from the database industry. This is a positive evolution but is it a panacea? In the context of the Badg...
Christoffer Hall, Philippe Bonnet
CCS
2007
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Uclinux: a linux security module for trusted-computing-based usage controls enforcement
Usage controls allow the distributor of some information to limit how recipients of that information may use it. The Trusted Computing Group has standardized Trusted Platform Modu...
David Kyle, José Carlos Brustoloni