Make least privilege a right (not a privilege
Maxwell Krohn, Petros Efstathopoulos, Cliff Frey, Frans Kaashoek, Eddie Kohler, David Mazières, Robert Morris, Michelle Osborne, Steve VanDeBogart, David P. Ziegler · 2005
Though system security would benefit if programmers routinely followed the principle of least privilege [24], the interfaces exposed by operating systems often stand in the way. We investigate why modern OSes thwart secure programming practices and propose solutions. 1