Patent ID: 8695102

Claim:
A computer implemented method for executing an executable file associated with a target partition, comprising: receiving, by a computer, a request to execute the executable file from an entity running within a source partition; creating, by the computer, a memory region within the target partition, in response to receiving the request; making an authentication determination, by the computer, in response to receiving the request; executing the executable file, by the computer, in the memory region within the target partition based on the request if the authentication determination is a positive determination, wherein the request is also a request to access a target partition resource maintained within the target partition; authenticating, by the computer, the request from the entity, wherein the creating is responsive to the authenticating; responsive to authenticating the request, decrypting, by the computer, the executable file to the memory region within the target partition, wherein the executable file is stored to a storage associated with the target partition; receiving, by the computer, a second request to execute the executable file from a second entity running within the source partition; making, by the computer, a second authentication determination in response to receiving the second request; and denying, by the computer, the second request if the second authentication determination is a negative determination.