A Novel Computer Architecture to Prevent Destruction by Viruses

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摘要 Intoday'sInternetcomputingworld,illegalactivitiesbycrackersposeaseriousthreattocomputersecurity.Itiswellknownthatcomputerviruses,Trojanhorsesandotherintrusiveprogramsmaycausesevereandoftencatastrophicconsequences.Thispaperproposesanovelsecurecomputerarchitecturebasedonsecurity-code.Everyinstruction/datawordisaddedwithasecurity-codedenotingitssecuritylevel.Externalprogramsanddataareautomaticallyaddedwithsecurity-codebyhardwarewhenenteringacomputersystem.Instructionwithlowersecurity-codecannotrunorprocessinstruction/datawithhighersecuritylevel.Security-codecannotbemodifiedbynormalinstruction.Withminorhardwareoverhead,thenewarchitecturecaneffectivelyprotectthemaincomputersystemfromdestructionortheftbyintrusiveprogramssuchascomputerviruses.FormostPCsystems,itincludesanincreaseofword-lengthby1bitonregisters,thememoryandtheharddisk.
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出版日期 2002年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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