Security analysis Docker containers implemented in Linux and Windows

  • Raphael Pennacchi UDESC
  • Charles Miers UDESC

Abstract


The use of containers has become popular in various scenarios for its alignment with recent development technologies and low resource usage. In this scenario, the container docker solution outperformed other, being essentially based operating systems using the Linux kernel. Microsoft recently tried to enter this market by offering ways to perform containers in their line of operating systems for servers. However, there were concerns about network operations and security in Linux containers, and the emergence of Windows Containers highlights this concern. In this sense, this paper presents the initial results of an analysis of some resource control features, image security containers and security in communication between containers.

Keywords: Cloud Computing, grid, cluster (cluster) and peer-to-peer

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Published
2020-04-15
PENNACCHI, Raphael; MIERS, Charles. Security analysis Docker containers implemented in Linux and Windows. In: REGIONAL SCHOOL OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FROM SOUTHERN BRAZIL (ERAD-RS), 20. , 2020, Santa Maria. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2020 . p. 109-112. ISSN 2595-4164. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/eradrs.2020.10768.