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I-JVM: A Java virtual machine for component isolation in OSGi

  • Nicolas Geoffray
  • , Gaël Thomas
  • , Gilles Muller
  • , Pierre Parrend
  • , Stéphane Frénot
  • , Bertil Folliot
  • LIP6, UPMC Sorbonne Universités - Paris 6
  • INRIA Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
  • Research Center for Information Technology (FZI)
  • CITI

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Abstract

The OSGi framework is a Java-based, centralized, component oriented platform. It is being widely adopted as an execution environment for the development of extensible applications. However, current Java Virtual Machines are unable to isolate components from each other. For instance, a malicious component can freeze the complete platform by allocating too much memory or alter the behavior of other components by modifying shared variables. This paper presents I-JVM, a Java Virtual Machine that provides a lightweight approach to isolation while preserving compatibility with legacy OSGi applications. Our evaluation of I-JVM shows that it solves the 8 known OSGi vulnerabilities that are due to the Java Virtual Machine and that the overhead of I-JVM compared to the JVM on which it is based is below 20%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2009 IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, DSN 2009
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages544-553
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9781424444212
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2009
Event2009 IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, DSN 2009 - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: 29 Jun 2009 → 2 Jul 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, DSN 2009
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period29/06/09 → 2/07/09

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