Title :
Reconsidering the role of the reference monitor [computer system security]
Author :
Sterne, Dan ; Benson, Glenn ; Landwehr, Carl ; LaPadula, Len ; Sandhu, Ravi
Author_Institution :
Trusted Inf. Syst. Inc., Glenwood, MD, USA
Abstract :
This paper reexamines the role that the reference monitor plays in providing security for a computer system. The reference monitor, aided by a few supporting mechanisms, establishes the system security perimeter at its own boundary along which it enforces the system´s security policy. In this view, the reference monitor is the primary security enforcing component of a trusted system. For this reason, the reference monitor is the focus of the TCSEC approach to assurance
Keywords :
security of data; computer system security; reference monitor; security enforcing component; system security perimeter; trusted system; Application software; Channel capacity; Computer security; Computerized monitoring; Content addressable storage; Data security; Information security; Information systems; Laboratories; System performance;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Security Foundations Workshop VII, 1994. CSFW 7. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Franconia, NH
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6230-1
DOI :
10.1109/CSFW.1994.315937
