Sentry Concepts

Contents:

• Initial conception model
  • Micro-kernel design
  • Application developer model
  • About general tasking model
  • Tasks properties
  • job entrypoint
  • Mapping tasks
• Architectural model
  • Micro-kernel responsibility
  • Micro-kernel design: handles
  • Micro-kernel design: events
  • Other user-space/kernel-space communication concepts
  • Micro-kernel design for portability
• About events
  • About shared memories
  • About DMA streams
  • About signals
  • About Interrupts
• Security in Sentry
  • Security requirements
  • About stack smashing protection
  • About compile-time hardening
  • About the usage of anti-temper detection coprocessor