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Systems and methods for providing an isolated execution environment for accessing untrusted content

US8627451B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Red Hat, Inc. · US

Inventors

Daniel J. Walsh · Lansdale, US
Eric L. Paris · Raleigh, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 21, 2009
Grant date	Jan 7, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 31, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/566
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sandbox tool can cooperate with components of a secure operating system to create an isolated execution environment for accessing untrusted content without exposing other processes and resources of the computing system to the untrusted content. The sandbox tool can allocate resources (storage space, memory, etc) of the computing system, which are necessary to access the untrusted content, to the isolated execution environment, and apply security polices of the operating system to the isolated execution environment such that untrusted content running in the isolated execution environment can only access the resources allocated to the isolated execution environment.

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