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HOTOS
2007
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
Is the Optimism in Optimistic Concurrency Warranted?
Optimistic synchronization allows concurrent execution of critical sections while performing dynamic conflict detection and recovery. Optimistic synchronization will increase perf...
Donald E. Porter, Owen S. Hofmann, Emmett Witchel
USS
2008
15 years 9 months ago
Lest We Remember: Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys
Contrary to popular assumption, DRAMs used in most modern computers retain their contents for several seconds after power is lost, even at room temperature and even if removed fro...
J. Alex Halderman, Seth D. Schoen, Nadia Heninger,...
USENIX
2001
15 years 8 months ago
Improving the FreeBSD SMP Implementation
UNIX-derived operating systems have traditionally have a simplistic approach to process synchronization which is unsuited to multiprocessor application. Initial FreeBSD SMP suppor...
Greg Lehey
LISA
2003
15 years 8 months ago
Virtual Appliances for Deploying and Maintaining Software
This paper attempts to address the complexity of system administration by making the labor of applying software updates independent of the number of computers on which the softwar...
Constantine P. Sapuntzakis, David Brumley, Ramesh ...
DAGSTUHL
1993
15 years 8 months ago
Supporting continuous media applications in a micro-kernel environment
Currently, popular operating systems are unable to support the end-toend real-time requirements of distributed continuous media. Furthermore, the integration of continuous media c...
Geoff Coulson, Gordon S. Blair, Philippe Robin, Do...