APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRUSTED CHANNEL IN SECURE OPERATING SYSTEMS WHICH ARE BY USING MANDATORY ACCESS CONTROL POLICY

摘要

PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for providing a reliable channel in a security OS(Operating System) to which MAC(Mandatory Access Control) is applied is provided to offer a new header for independently encoding a packet used in communication by a security level of the MAC and minimize network performance degradation using the security level of the MAC. CONSTITUTION: If data according to a communication request provided from a transmission-side user(S1) are for a packet transmission request, a reliable channel subsystem(12) judges whether a reliable channel is applied. If the reliable channel is applied, the reliable channel subsystem(12) composes a reliable channel header, encodes a specific portion of a packet, stores authentication information in the reliable channel header, and transmits the packet through a network(A). A MAC module(20) provides MAC information for indicating whether the reliable channel is applied. A kernel memory(30) provides an encryption key and an authentication key necessary for encoding a reliable channel application host address and the packet and generating authentication data. A reliable channel subsystem(12-1) retrieves the authentication data of the reliable channel header before decoding the packet received through the network(A). If the authentication data are valid, the reliable channel subsystem(12-1) decodes the encoded packet. If process for the reliable channel is ended, the reliable channel subsystem(12-1) transmits the packet to an upper level to transmit the packet to a reception-side user(S2). A kernel memory provides an authentication key and an encryption key necessary for checking authentication with respect to the packet encoded by the reliable channel subsystem(12) and decoding the packet.