The Naval Postgraduate School Secure Archival Storage System. Part I - Design

摘要

There is an increasing need for systems which provide controlled access to multiple levels of sensitive data and information. This report comprises the first phase of the realization of such a system: the comprehensive design of a multilevel secure file storage system. This is the focus of an ongoing research project, which is currently in the early implementation phases. The design is based upon security kernel technology as applied to modern multiple microcomputer arrays. This design is intended to interface with other (distributed) processing elements, perhaps forming the central hub of a data secure network of computers. The design would provide archival shared storage while insuring that each interfacing processor accessed only that information appropriate. The design phase of the project is presented in a series of three research reports (Masters Degree theses). These reports, reprinted in their entirety here are: (1) O'Connell and Richardson's definition of a secure multi-microprocessor family of operating systems; (2) Coleman's detailed security kernel design for a member of this family; and (3) Parks' hierarchical file system designed to run under the control of Coleman's security kernel. (Author)