A Security Architecture for Fault-Tolerant Systems

Abstract

Process groups are a common abstraction for fault-tolerant computing in distributed systems. We present a security architecture that extends the process group into a security abstraction. Integral parts of this architecture are services that securely and fault-tolerantly support cryptographic key distribution using novel techniques. We detail the design and implementation of these services and the secure process group abstraction they support. We also give performance figures for some common group operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 03, 1993
Accession Number
ADA266178

Entities

People

  • Ken Birman
  • Michael Reiter
  • Robbert Van Renesse

Organizations

  • Cornell University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Authentication
  • Computations
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Cryptography
  • Electronic Mail
  • Fail Safe
  • Fault Tolerant Computing
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability
  • Secure Communications
  • Security
  • Security Protocols
  • Transport Protocols

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.