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http://friends.cs.purdue.edu/ Lab
For Research In Emerging Network
& Distributed Systems (FRIENDS)
Welcome to the website for the FRIENDS research group. We do research on a variety of topics, including virtualization technologies, distributed computing, cyberinfrastructure computing, malware defense, and operating system security. Here you can find out about us and the projects we are currently working on. The links on the left should be able to get you started. If you would like to contact us, please email Dongyan Xu. News: DSN
2009 posted by Dongyan Xu on 02-19-2009
Our
paper entitled "VNsnap: Taking Snapshots of
Virtual Networked Environments with Minimal Downtime" has been accepted
to IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and
Networks (DSN-DCCS 2009). The authors are Ardalan Kangarlou, Patrick
Eugster, and Dongyan Xu.
EuroSys
2009 posted by Dongyan Xu on 02-04-2009
Our
paper entitled "Multi-Aspect Profiling of Kernel
Rootkit Behavior" has been accepted to EuroSys 2009 -- the European
Conference on Computer Systems. The authors are Ryan Riley, Xuxian
Jiang (NCSU), and Dongyan Xu.
Hello
from RAID 2008 - Here's Code posted by Ryan Riley on 09-16-2008
We're
here at RAID 2008 presenting NICKLE, our
rootkit prevention work. I mentioned in the talk that the code would be
available later in the day. Well, it is later in the day. You can get
the source code off the project page, here.
Update (on Day 2 of RAID'08): The paper received the Best Paper Award! Magazine
Coverage of FRIENDS Projects posted by Dongyan Xu on 07-30-2008
A
recent article in Virtual Strategy Magazine,
"Beyond Hypervisors", covers a number of FRIENDS Lab projects on
virtualization, ranging from virtual distributed computing to
virtualization-based malware defense. Read the article on line here
(but look no further for the correct URL of our lab :-).
NICKLE:
a Kernel Rootkit Defender posted by Ryan Riley on 04-07-2008
We are
pleased to release our Technical Report on
NICKLE, a VMM-based system that prevents kernel rootkit code injection
without modifying the (Linux and Windows) kernel code. You can access
the report here.
Update (5/31): A paper on NICKLE has been accepted to RAID'08. NDSS
2008 posted by Dongyan Xu on 11-21-2007
A paper
entitled "Automatic Protocol Format Reverse
Engineering through Context-Aware Monitored Execution" has been
accepted to the 15th Network and Distributed System Security Symposium
(NDSS 2008). The authors are Zhiqiang Lin, Xuxian Jiang (GMU), Dongyan
Xu, and Xiangyu Zhang.
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