Presented at
DEF CON 15 (2007),
Aug. 4, 2007, 2 p.m.
(50 minutes)
Have you tried to firewall a machine from itself? Have you ever tried to protect a machine with a multi-personality disorder? These questions are brought to us by the wonderful technology of virtualization. Though the technology is clearly sexy, security has clearly been an afterthought.
While every product claims isolation, it seems that's only when you don't have an attacker involved. Despite what the press releases say, it's not free to put all your machines on the same hardware. We'll be brushing aside the dust and trying to figure out part of the cost.
Presenters:
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D.J. Capelis
- University of California, San Diego
D.J. Capelis is a student and researcher at the University of California, San Diego. He does research on processor design, secure systems and dabbles in cryptography. For a "real job" he is an active member of UCSD's Data Security Team teaching computers how to tell when users are being mean. D.J. also maintains the team's virtualized testing and development environment. In his free time, he tends to show up at 2600 meetings and other food-related events where he plays with his OLPC development board and does platform-related work on Blender.
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