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Developer Reference Ser.: Windows Internals Bk. 1 : System Architecture, Processes, Threads, Memory Management, and More, Part 1 by Mark Russinovich, Pavel Yosifovich, David Solomon and Alex Ionescu (2017, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPearson Education

ISBN-100735684189

ISBN-139780735684188

eBay Product ID (ePID)201660944

Product Key Features

Number of Pages800 Pages

Publication NameWindows Internals Bk. 1 : System Architecture, Processes, Threads, Memory Management, and More, Part 1

LanguageEnglish

SubjectOperating Systems / General, Operating Systems / Windows Server, Operating Systems / Windows Desktop

Publication Year2017

TypeTextbook

AuthorMark Russinovich, Pavel Yosifovich, David Solomon, Alex Ionescu

Subject AreaComputers

SeriesDeveloper Reference Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.8 in

Item Weight45.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number7

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2014-951935

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal005.4/46

Table Of ContentChapter 1: Concepts and tools Windows operating system versions Foundation concepts and terms Digging into Windows internals Conclusion Chapter 2: System architecture Requirements and design goals Operating system model Architecture overview Virtualization-based security architecture overview Key system components Conclusion Chapter 3: Processes and jobs Creating a process Process internals Protected processes Minimal and Pico processes Trustlets (secure processes) Flow of CreateProcess Terminating a process Image loader Jobs Conclusion Chapter 4: Threads Creating threads Thread internals Examining thread activity Thread scheduling Group-based scheduling Worker factories (thread pools) Conclusion Chapter 5: Memory management Introduction to the memory manager Services provided by the memory manager Kernel-mode heaps (system memory pools) Heap manager Virtual address space layouts Address translation Page fault handling Stacks Virtual address descriptors NUMA Section objects Working sets Page frame number database Physical memory limits Memory compression Memory partitions Memory combining Memory enclaves Proactive memory management (SuperFetch) Conclusion Chapter 6: I/O system I/O system components Interrupt Request Levels and Deferred Procedure Calls Device drivers I/O processing Driver Verifier The Plug and Play manager General driver loading and installation The Windows Driver Foundation The power manager Conclusion Chapter 7: Security Security ratings Security system components Virtualization-based security Protecting objects The AuthZ API Account rights and privileges Access tokens of processes and threads Security auditing AppContainers Logon User Account Control and virtualization Exploit mitigations Application Identification AppLocker Software Restriction Policies Kernel Patch Protection PatchGuard HyperGuard Conclusion

SynopsisThe definitive guide-fully updated for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 Delve inside Windows architecture and internals, and see how core components work behind the scenes. Led by a team of internals experts, this classic guide has been fully updated for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. Whether you are a developer or an IT professional, you'll get critical, insider perspectives on how Windows operates. And through hands-on experiments, you'll experience its internal behavior firsthand-knowledge you can apply to improve application design, debugging, system performance, and support. This book will help you: · Understand the Window system architecture and its most important entities, such as processes and threads · Examine how processes manage resources and threads scheduled for execution inside processes · Observe how Windows manages virtual and physical memory · Dig into the Windows I/O system and see how device drivers work and integrate with the rest of the system · Go inside the Windows security model to see how it manages access, auditing, and authorization, and learn about the new mechanisms in Windows 10 and Server 2016, Delve inside Windows architecture and internals, and see how core components work behind the scenes. Led by a team of internals experts, this classic guide has been fully updated for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. Whether you are a developer or an IT professional, you'll get critical, insider perspectives on how Windows operates. And through hands-on experiments, you'll experience its internal behavior firsthand-knowledge you can apply to improve application design, debugging, system performance, and support. This book will help you: Understand the Window system architecture and its most important entities, such as processes and threads Examine how processes manage resources and threads scheduled for execution inside processes Observe how Windows manages virtual and physical memory Dig into the Windows I/O system and see how device drivers work and integrate with the rest of the system Go inside the Windows security model to see how it manages access, auditing, and authorisation, and learn about the new mechanisms in Windows 10 and Server 2016, The definitive guide-fully updated for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 Delve inside Windows architecture and internals, and see how core components work behind the scenes. Led by a team of internals experts, this classic guide has been fully updated for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. Whether you are a developer or an IT professional, you'll get critical, insider perspectives on how Windows operates. And through hands-on experiments, you'll experience its internal behavior firsthand-knowledge you can apply to improve application design, debugging, system performance, and support. This book will help you: - Understand the Window system architecture and its most important entities, such as processes and threads - Examine how processes manage resources and threads scheduled for execution inside processes - Observe how Windows manages virtual and physical memory - Dig into the Windows I/O system and see how device drivers work and integrate with the rest of the system - Go inside the Windows security model to see how it manages access, auditing, and authorization, and learn about the new mechanisms in Windows 10 and Server 2016

LC Classification NumberQA76.76.W56R885 2014