Enhancing configuration security with heterogeneous read points

• Published in: Journal of cloud computing : advances, systems and applications Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 16 - 14
• Main Authors: Kong, Xianglong, Liu, Qiyu, Huang, Wei, Du, Jiayu, Li, Hongfa, Ji, Wen, Zhang, Fan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2025; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Automation; Cloud computing; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Science; Computer System Implementation; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks; Configurations; Digital switching; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Localization; Performance evaluation; Read point; Security; Software; Software configuration; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Source code; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; System security; Software configuration; Read point; System security

Configuration files are widely used for customizing the status and behavior of cloud systems without modifying source code. The configurable system performs flexibly to meet different requirements. Several security risks come with the flexibility, since the configuration files are directly accessibl...