Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure?

  • Authors:
  • Andrew S. Tanenbaum;Jorrit N. Herder;Herbert Bos

  • Affiliations:
  • Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam;Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam;Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Microkernels--long discarded as unacceptable because of their lower performance compared with monolithic kernels--might be making a comeback in operating systems due to their potentially higher reliability, which many researchers now regard as more important than performance.