4003-440-02 Operating Systems I Article: "Can we make operating systems reliable and secure?" Prof. Alan Kaminsky -- Winter Quarter 2012 Rochester Institute of Technology -- Department of Computer Science A. Tanenbaum, J. Herder, and H. Bos. Can we make operating systems reliable and secure? Computer, 39(5):44-51, May 2006. Abstract. Microkernels -- long discarded as unacceptable because of their lower performance compared with monolithic kernels -- might be making a comeback in operating systems due to their potentially higher reliability, which many researchers now regard as more important than performance. To read the full text of this article online: Go to the IEEE Xplore Database on the RIT Wallace Library web site. Click on "search this database." Type (or copy-and-paste) the article title into the "Basic Search" box and click the search button. Click the "Full Text PDF" link. Adobe Acrobat Reader required. Operating Systems I • 4003-440-02 • Winter Quarter 2012 Course Page Alan Kaminsky • Department of Computer Science • Rochester Institute of Technology • 4486 + 2220 = 6706 Home Page Copyright © 2008 Alan Kaminsky. All rights reserved. Last updated 27-Aug-2008. Please send comments to ark­@­cs.rit.edu.