NDLI: The Problem of Usable Binary Authentication

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Yongzheng Wu Yap, R.H.C.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Attacks by malware usually work by getting a binary to be executed. Sometimes users are unaware that such binaries are being executed. The end result is that attackers can either compromise a system or get it to fail. One defence against such attacks is to ensure integrity of files. A more comprehensive mechanism is binary authentication (code signing is also a form of binary authentication) which tries to ensure that any binaries loaded by the operating system and software applications are first authenticated, i.e. the content of the binary is known and is trusted. To have full protection using binary authentication, it makes sense to have a default deny policy where binaries which do not pass authentication are prevented from executing. However, if an operating system employs mandatory binary authentication for protection purposes, the end result may either be not user friendly or not very usable. In this paper, we discuss the issues and difficulties of making binary authentication usable on the Windows operating system.
Starting Page	34
Ending Page	35
File Size	149905
Page Count	2
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424476442
e-ISBN	9781424476435
DOI	10.1109/SSIRI-C.2010.19
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-06-09
Publisher Place	Singapore
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computer worms Databases Operating systems Authentication Software systems Libraries Internet Security Kernel Protection
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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