MashupOS: operating system abstractions for client mashups
Jon Howell, Collin Jackson, Helen J. Wang, Fan Xiao-feng · 2007
Abstract — Web browser support has evolved piecemeal to balance the security and interoperability requirements of client-side script services. This evolution has led to an inadequate security model that forces Web applications to choose between security and interoperation. We draw an analogy between Web sites ’ sharing of browser resources and users ’ sharing of operating system resources, and use this analogy as a guide to develop protection and communication abstractions in MashupOS: a set of abstractions that isolate mutually-untrusting web services within the browser, while allowing safe forms of communication. I.