HARDWARE-ASSISTED VIRTUALIZATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO SYSTEMS SECURITY [article]

ARISTIDE FATTORI
2014
he first thanks goes to my external referees, Prof. Herbert Bos, Prof. Thorsten Holz, and Prof. William Robertson, for their insightful comments that improved the quality of this work. Then, I would like to thank my advisor, Prof. Danilo Bruschi for his help and guidance during these years. A special thanks goes to Lorenzo "gigi sullivan" Cavallaro, for being such a good friend and colleague, as well as an informal additional advisor. Thanks to my parents and my sister, for the great support
more » ... always gave me during all these nine long years (note to the reader: including BSc and MSc!). Thanks to my grandma, who never really got what this PhD thing was and spent three years asking me when I would stop going to school and begin to work. You played a key role in this adventure with your love. Thanks to my colleagues, Alessandro, Srdjan, and Chiara, with whom I shared the delightful joys of these years. We've had our ups and downs but in the end we've had quite some fun spawning root shells, drinking lots of beer (ichnusa!), and re-potting plants in the lab. Thanks to all the LaSER guys, it has been a privilege and a pleasure to work with you.
doi:10.13130/fattori-aristide_phd2014-03-18 fatcat:lbu7jtf4vnezjkdarsujjefzae