Security Solutions Thrive on Friendly Hypervisors, so here's one - Raul Tosa & Daniel Ticle

Security Solutions Thrive on Friendly Hypervisors, so here's one - Raul Tosa & Daniel Ticle, Bitdefender

Security solutions like Hypervisor Memory Introspection (HVMI) require dedicated hypervisor support. One example is the possibility to apply specific memory permissions to certain memory pages, and to be notified when the guest OS tries to violate those permissions. During development of HVMI technology, Bitdefender required a hypervisor that was developed in-house, codenamed Napoca, which could be quickly and easily adapted for HVMI requirements. As a "how-to" hypervisor support model, the authors are announcing the release of its entire source code to the open-source community with the hope that it will serve as inspiration for future HVMI-related functionality in Xen Hypervisor. The authors will reveal a set of features that are absent from, and should be ported to, Xen Hypervisor.