Safety-critical systems typically operate in unpredictable environments. Requirements for safety and reliability are in conflict with those for real-time responsiveness. Due to un...
In the paper we present an overview of Saga Security System, a security architecture in open distributed systems. An agent in Saga Security System is called a Saga Agent. The auth...
Recent work on client-server data-shipping OODBs has demonstratedthe usefulnessof localdatacachingat clientsites. In addition to data caching, index caching can provide substantia...
Distributed computing is increasingly important at a time when the doubling of the number of transistors on a processor every 18 months no longer translates in a doubling of speed ...
The distributed firewall is an important new line of network defense. It provides fine-grained access control to augment the protections afforded by the traditional perimeter fire...