Christoph Schuba wrote:
> +1
> -Christoph
>
> Peter Reiher wrote:
>> We wish to initiate an OpenSolaris project. The information on our
>> project, titled Data Tethers, is below. Please let me know if you need
>> any further information.
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>>
>>
>> Project short name:
>> datatethers
>>
>> One line synopsis:
>>
>> Data Tethers is an operating system enhancement to allow owners of data
>> to control when the data is available, particularly whether it is
>> allowed to leave a secure physical location.
>>
>> Short description of the project:
>>
>> When a portable computing or laptop device is stolen, frequently the
>> more important loss is the data that was on it. Valuable or sensitive
>> data often should not be kept on a portable device, but existing
>> operating systems do not offer mechanisms to prevent it. Data Tethers
>> is an enhancement to the Open Solaris operating system that will allow
>> the expression and enforcement of policies to prevent data from being
>> removed from secure environments. Since it is necessary to protect not
>> just a single file that contains a sensitive piece of data, but any
>> other copy of that data in the system, Data Tethers will contain
>> tracking facilities to follow data wherever it is copied on a machine,
>> allowing the system to prevent removal of sensitive data from the
>> machine. Data Tethers will require no user intervention to protect
>> data. Policy is set administratively and cannot be changed by regular
>> users. In addition to the data tracking components, there are important
>> issues of securely determining conditions (like physical location) and
>> ensuring that no traces of a sensitive piece of data are stored in
>> "hidden" places, like deallocated disk blocks.
>>
>> We would prefer a separate mailing list, rather than one shared with an
>> existing project.
>>
>> The initial project leaders will be Dr. Peter Reiher of the UCLA
>> Computer Science Department and Christoph Schuba of Sun Microsystems.
>>
+1
Scott
