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Tuesday, October 14 • 2:30pm - 3:20pm
Demystifying Android's Security Underpinings - Karim Yaghmour, Opersys

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Android has relied from its early days on the Linux kernel for sandboxing the processes it runs. Yet, the permission model presented to app developers is significantly different from the Unix permission model. What's the relationship between those two models? How is Android's app security framework tied to the Linux kernel's security model? More recently, Android has started using SELinux and has been extended by SEAndroid to support similar functionality. How is SELinux used by Android and what is SEAndroid about? Furtheremore, how does Android provide support for multiple users?

This talk will explore Android's security model in great detail and explain how the functionality found in the kernel is used to isolate user processes and the SE enhancements are leveraged by Android. As we'll see, there are quite a few moving parts= in Android's security model.
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Karim Yaghmour

CEO, Opersys inc.
Karim is part serial entrepreneur, part unrepentant geek. He's most widely know for his O'Reilly books: "Building Embedded Linux Systems" and "Embedded Android". As an active member of the open source community since the mid-90's, he pioneered the world of Linux tracing with the Linux... Read More →

Tuesday October 14, 2014 2:30pm - 3:20pm CEST
Room 26
  Developer, Experience Level - Advanced |   Embedded Linux Conference Europe, Experience Level - Advanced

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