Renovating computer systems securely and progressively with APRON
This research paper was accepted by 2023 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (ATC), which is dedicated to advancing the field of systems research.
Whether they’re personal computers or cloud instances, it’s crucial to ensure that the computer systems people use every day are reliable and secure. The validity of these systems is critical because if storage devices containing important executables and data become invalid, the entire system is affected. Numerous events can jeopardize the validity of computer systems or the data stored in them, such as malicious attacks like ransomware; hardware or software errors can corrupt a system, and a lack of regular maintenance such as patch installations can cause a system to become outdated.