Data handling apparatus and methods
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsYolanta Beresnevichiene, David Plaquin, Christopher I. Dalton
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Abstract
A data handling apparatus (400) for a computer platform (1) using an operating system executing a process, the apparatus comprising a system call monitor (402) for detecting predetermined system calls, and means (402, 404, 406) for applying a data handling policy to the system call upon a predetermined system call being detected, whereby the data handling policy is applied for all system calls involving the writing of data outside the process. A corresponding method is disclosed.
Claims41
A data handling apparatus for a computer platform using an operating system executing a process, the apparatus comprising a system call monitor for detecting predetermined system calls, and means for applying a data handling policy to the system call upon a predetermined system call being detected, whereby the data handling policy is applied for all system calls involving the writing of data outside the process.
A data handling method for a computer platform using an operating system executing a process, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting predetermined system calls, and applying a data handling policy to the system call upon a predetermined system call being detected, the data handling policy being applied for all system calls involving the writing of data outside the process.
A data handling apparatus for a computer platform using an operating system executing a process, the apparatus comprising a system call monitor for detecting predetermined system calls, and a policy applicator for applying a data handling policy to the system call upon a predetermined system call being detected, whereby the data handling policy is applied for all system calls involving the writing of data outside the process.
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