Paladi, Nicolae and Gehrmann, Christian and Aslam, Mudassar and Morenius, Fredric Trusted Launch of Virtual Machine Instances 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 adoption is hampered by data security concerns. At the same time, Trusted Computing (TC) is experiencing an increasing interest as a security mechanism for IaaS. In this paper we present a protocol to ensure the launch of a virtual machine (VM) instance on a trusted remote compute host. Relying on Trusted Platform Module 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 VM instances in public IaaS environments. We also present a proof-of-concept implementation of the protocol based on OpenStack, an open-source IaaS platform. The results provide a basis for the use of TC mechanisms within IaaS platforms and pave the way for a wider applicability of TC to IaaS security.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | "The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com" |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | IaaS, security, trusted computing, trusted virtual machine launch, OpenStack |
| ID Code: | 5359 |
| Deposited By: | Nicolae Paladi |
| Deposited On: | 20 Jan 2013 13:17 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2013 17:37 |
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