Patching, upgrading, and maintaining operating system software is a growing management complexity problem that can result in unacceptable system downtime. We introduce AutoPod, a ...
System administrators are unique computer users. As power users in complex and high-risk work environments, intuition tells us that they may have requirements of the tools they us...
Nicole F. Velasquez, Suzanne P. Weisband, Alexandr...
Often, increased security comes at the expense of user convenience, performance, or compatibility with other systems. The right level of security depends on specific site and use...
Missing or faulty exception handling has caused a number of spectacular system failures and is a major cause of software failures in extensively tested critical systems. Prior wor...
There is a need for mechanisms for maintaining and restoring software integrity on deployed systems. Dynamic replacement, removal and addition of components in deployed systems is...