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USENIX
1994
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The refdbms Distributed Bibliographic Database System
Refdbms is a database system for sharing bibliographic references among many users at sites on a wide-area network such as the Internet. This paper describes our experiences in bu...
Richard A. Golding, Darrell D. E. Long, John Wilke...
USENIX
1994
13 years 6 months ago
cql - A Flat File Database Query Language
cql is a UNIX
Glenn S. Fowler
USENIX
1994
13 years 6 months ago
Thwarting the Power-Hungry Disk
Fred Douglis, P. Krishnan, Brian Marsh
USENIX
1994
13 years 6 months ago
The Slab Allocator: An Object-Caching Kernel Memory Allocator
This paper presents a comprehensive design overview of the SunOS 5.4 kernel memory allocator. This allocator is based on a set of object-caching primitives that reduce the cost of...
Jeff Bonwick
USENIX
1994
13 years 6 months ago
Probing TCP Implementations
In this paper, we demonstrate a technique called active probing used to study TCP implementations. Active probing treats a TCP implementation as a black box, and uses a set of pro...
Douglas Comer, John C. Lin
USENIX
1994
13 years 6 months ago
Key Management in an Encrypting File System
As distributed computing systems grow in size, complexity and variety of application, the problem of protecting sensitive data from unauthorized disclosure and tampering becomes i...
Matt Blaze
USENIX
1994
13 years 6 months ago
Secure Short-Cut Routing for Mobile IP
This paper describes the architecture and implementation of a mobile IP system. It allows mobile hosts to roam between cells implemented with 2-Mbps radio base stations, while mai...
Trevor Blackwell, Kee Chan, Koling Chang, Thomas C...
USENIX
1994
13 years 6 months ago
Concert/C: A Language for Distributed Programming
Concert/C is a new language for distributed C programming that extends ANSI C to support distribution and process dynamics. Concert/C provides the ability to create and terminate ...
Joshua S. Auerbach, Arthur P. Goldberg, Germ&aacut...
USENIX
1994
13 years 6 months ago
Application-Controlled File Caching Policies
We considerhowtoimprovetheperformanceof le cachingbyallowinguser-levelcontrolover lecache replacementdecisions. Weusetwo-levelcachemanagement: the kernel allocates physical pages ...
Pei Cao, Edward W. Felten, Kai Li