JOURNAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY(NATURAL SCIENCE) ›› 2017, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (6): 84-91.doi: 10.6040/j.issn.1671-9352.3.2016.003

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A real-time monitoring and forensics method under the IaaS model

YANG Shu-mian1,2, WANG Lian-hai1,2, ZHANG Shu-hui1,2, XU Shu-jiang1,2, LIU Guang-qi1,2   

  1. 1. Shandong Computer Science Center(National Supercomputer Center in Jinan), Jinan 250014, Shandong, China;
    2. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computer Networks, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
  • Received:2016-09-22 Online:2017-06-20 Published:2017-06-21

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Abstract: To ensure the security of virtual machines in the cloud and look for complete and reliable evidence of a crime from the cloud, the paper presented a real-time cloud monitoring forensics method and developed a cloud monitoring forensic system based on physical memory analysis. The specific design and implementation were given. The agent system only needs to run on a physical host. By acquiring and analyzing the host's physical memory, the agent can effectively acquire the important information of virtual machines of the IaaS infrastructure layer. Finally, the paper gives analysis extraction of information and anomaly detection in the KVM/Xen virtualized environment. Results show that the monitoring forensic method can obtain the important information and prevent the virtual hosts running malicious software, illegal crime and other issues.

Key words: cloud security, virtualization, cloud monitoring forensics, physical memory analysis

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