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Software Protection via Alternative Mode Execution

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8650-08-M-1434
Agency Tracking Number: O081-IA2-1234
Amount: $99,030.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: OSD08-IA2
Solicitation Number: 2008.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2008-06-20
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2008-12-20
Small Business Information
245 Hill Road
Rome, NY 13441
United States
DUNS: 085851181
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Joseph Sharkey
 Senior Engineer
 (315) 336-3306
 sharkeyj@ainfosec.com
Business Contact
 Barry McKinney
Title: Business Development
Phone: (315) 336-3306
Email: mckinneyb@ainfosec.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

This project will examine the feasibility of using alternative modes of execution on x86 processors as a means of providing protection for sensitive applications. The research will aim to answer two main questions: 1) can alternate modes of execution provide an environment that is suitable for running an application; and 2) do these modes provide a better level of protection or isolation for the application then what is afforded by the Operating System (OS). Part of this study will also include a detailed examination of the differences between processor modes to identify differences in the observed runtime environment provided to an application (i.e. 16-bit vs. 32-bit operand size, physical vs. virtual addressing, etc).

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