Method for sharing data
A method for sharing data includes creating a socket serviced by a server application executing within a central operating system environment and creating another socket serviced by a client application executing within a virtualized operating system environment. The central operating system environment and virtualized operating system environment run on a single computer and are separated by a secure boundary. The central operating system environment has administrative control over the virtualized operating system environment. The method also includes establishing a communication link across the secure boundary and between the sockets, requesting at least one element of a server array existing in a memory space of the server application and passing the at least one element to the client application via the communication link to mirror the server array into a memory space of the client application.
1. A method for sharing data comprising:
creating a socket serviced by a server application executing within a central operating system environment;
binding the socket to an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a computer specified as a port number;
creating another socket serviced by a client application executing within a virtualized operating system environment, the central operating system environment and virtualized operating system environment running on the computer and separated by a secure boundary, the central operating system environment having administrative control over the virtualized operating system environment;
establishing a communication link across the secure boundary and between the sockets by specifying the IP address and the port number;
requesting at least one element of a server array existing in a memory space of the server application; and
passing the at least one element to the client application via the communication link to mirror the server array into a memory space of the client application.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the sockets comprise network sockets.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the sockets comprise inter-process communication sockets.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication link comprises a network connection.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication link comprises an inter-process communication connection.
6. A method for sharing data comprising:
creating a socket serviced by a server application executing within a central operating system environment;
binding the socket to an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a computer specified as a port number;
creating another socket serviced by a client application executing within a virtualized operating system environment, the central operating system environment and virtualized operating system environment running on the computer and separated by a secure boundary, the central operating system environment having administrative control over the virtualized operating system environment;
establishing a communication link across the secure boundary and between the sockets by specifying the IP address and the port number; and
passing at least one changed element of a server array existing in a memory space of the server application to the client application via the communication link to mirror the server array into a memory space of the client application.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the sockets comprise network sockets.
8. The method of claim 6 wherein the sockets comprise inter-process communication sockets.
9. The method of claim 6 wherein the communication link comprises a network connection.
10. The method of claim 6 wherein the communication link comprises an inter-process communication connection.
11. A method for sharing data between a server application executing within a central operating system environment and a client application executing within a virtualized operating system environment, the central operating system environment and virtualized operating system environment running on a computer and separated by a secure boundary, the central operating system environment having administrative control over the virtualized operating system environment, the method comprising:
creating a socket serviced by the server application;
binding the socket to an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer specified as a port number;
creating another socket serviced by the client application;
establishing a communication link across the secure boundary and between the sockets by specifying the IP address and the port number;
requesting at least one element of an array existing in a memory space of the server application; and
passing the at least one element to the client application via the communication link to mirror the array in a memory space of the client application.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the sockets comprise network sockets.
13. The method of claim 11 wherein the sockets comprise inter-process communication sockets.
14. The method of claim 11 wherein the communication link comprises a network connection.
15. The method of claim 11 wherein the communication link comprises an inter-process communication connection.