Genode OS Framework: A Toolkit for Building Secure Special-Purpose Operating Systems
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Summary
The Genode OS Framework is a toolkit for building highly secure special-purpose operating systems that scales from embedded systems with minimal memory to dynamic general-purpose workloads. It features a recursive system structure where each program runs in a dedicated sandbox with only necessary access rights, and programs can create sub-sandboxes from their own resources to form hierarchical policy structures.
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· 4 pulledThe Genode OS Framework is a tool kit for building highly secure special-purpose operating systems.
It scales from embedded systems with as little as 4 MB of memory to highly dynamic general-purpose workloads.
Genode is based on a recursive system structure. Each program runs in a dedicated sandbox and gets granted only those access rights and resources that are needed for its specific purpose.
Programs can create and manage sub-sandboxes out of their own resources, thereby forming hierarchies where policies can be applied at each level.
The Genode OS Framework is a tool kit for building highly secure
special-purpose operating systems. It scales from embedded systems with as
little as 4 MB of memory to highly dynamic general-purpose workloads.
