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Trusted Launch of Generic Virtual Machine Images in Public IaaS Environments

Paladi, Nicolae and Gehrmann, Christian and Aslam, Mudassar and Morenius, Fredric Trusted Launch of Generic Virtual Machine Images in Public IaaS Environments. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . (In Press)

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Abstract

Cloud computing and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) are emerging and promising technologies, however their faster-pased adoption is hampered by data security concerns. In the same time, Trusted Computing (TC) is experiencing a revived interest as a security mechanism for IaaS. We address the lack of an implementable mechanism to ensure the launch of a virtual machine (VM) instance on a trusted remote host. Relying on Trusted Platform Modules operations such as binding and sealing to provide integrity guarantees for clients that require a trusted VM launch, we have designed a trusted launch protocol for generic VM images in public IaaS environments. We also present a proof-of-concept implemen- tation of the protocol based on OpenStack, an open-source IaaS platform. The results provide a basis for use of TC mechanisms within IaaS platforms and pave the way for a wider applicability of TC to IaaS security.

Item Type:Article
Additional Information:"The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com"
Uncontrolled Keywords:IaaS, security, trusted computing, trusted virtual machine launch, OpenStack
ID Code:5322
Deposited By:Nicolae Paladi
Deposited On:17 Dec 2012 12:35
Last Modified:17 Jan 2013 11:35

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