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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
John I. Buswell, Athens, OH (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6281 (2013.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 21/6209 (2013.01);
Abstract
Protection of interpreted programming language code filesystem files from access and alteration may be provided by encrypting a file to be protected in a boot sequence. Run-time examination of a virtual appliance may be deterred by hiding the boot sequence in a restricted virtual appliance platform. No shell or filesystem access may be provided. Thus, permissions on a read-only filesystem (for example) may be kept from being altered. The permissions may be set along with filesystem access control lists to prevent unauthorized examination of the source files.