General and Fast Inter-Process Communication via Bypassing Privileged Software

Mi, Zeyu; Zhuang, Haoqi; Zang, Binyu; Chen, Haibo

doi:10.1109/tc.2021.3130751

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“…In recent years, several studies have attempted to address these challenges by introducing new IPC mechanisms [4,6,8,16]. However, these mechanisms are often limited in terms of their compatibility with container environments or their ability to provide both high performance and security [15].…”

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Bindox: An Efficient and Secure Cross-System IPC Mechanism for Multi-Platform Containers

Xiang,

Deng,

Zhang

et al. 2023

International Conferences on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

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Containerization is widely used for isolation in various applications because it is lightweight, scalable, and portable. In modern distributed systems, seamless inter-process communication (IPC) between multi-platform containers is essential for a range of applications and services, including microservices, cloud computing, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. However, secure and efficient communication between containers on the same host is challenging, especially when different operating systems are involved.This paper introduces Bindox, a lightweight, efficient, and secure IPC mechanism that enables seamless communication across multiple platforms, including Android and Linux. Bindox uses shared memory for data transfer and implements a stable client-server architecture, ensuring high performance and ease of maintenance. Additionally, Bindox provides a robust security mechanism that guarantees confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the communication channel. Experimental results demonstrate that Bindox outperforms existing networking and IPC methods in terms of memory use, latency, and CPU usage, making it a promising solution for efficient and secure communication between multi-platform containers.

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