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LISA
2008
15 years 8 months ago
2008
In recent times a new kind of computing system has emerged: a distributed infrastructure composed of multiple physical sites in different administrative domains. This model introd...
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LISA
2008
15 years 8 months ago
2008
The art of performance tuning is, alas, still an art; there are few tools to help predict the effects of changes that are motivated by performance needs. In this work, we present ...
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LISA
2008
15 years 8 months ago
2008
Signature matching, which includes packet classification and content matching, is the most expensive operation of a signature-based network intrusion detection system (NIDS). In t...
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LISA
2008
15 years 8 months ago
2008
Two common tools in Linux- and UNIX-based environments are SSH for secure communications and sudo for performing administrative tasks. These are independent programs with substant...
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USENIX
2007
15 years 8 months ago
2007
Patches to modern operating systems, including bug fixes and security updates, and the reboots and downtime they require, cause tremendous problems for system users and administr...