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A Security Architecture for Fault-Tolerant Systems

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Reiter, MK; Birman, KP; van Renesse, R
Published in: ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS)
January 11, 1994

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 replication only when necessary, and introducing novel replication techniques when it was necessary, we have constructed these services both to be easily defensible against attack and to permit key distribution despite the transient unavailability of a substantial number of servers. We detail the design and implementation of these services and the secure process group abstraction they support. We also give preliminary performance figures for some common group operations. © 1994, ACM. All rights reserved.

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ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS)

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EISSN

1557-7333

ISSN

0734-2071

Publication Date

January 11, 1994

Volume

12

Issue

4

Start / End Page

340 / 371

Related Subject Headings

  • Networking & Telecommunications
  • 4606 Distributed computing and systems software
  • 1006 Computer Hardware
  • 0806 Information Systems
  • 0803 Computer Software
 

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Reiter, M. K., Birman, K. P., & van Renesse, R. (1994). A Security Architecture for Fault-Tolerant Systems. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS), 12(4), 340–371. https://doi.org/10.1145/195792.195823
Reiter, M. K., K. P. Birman, and R. van Renesse. “A Security Architecture for Fault-Tolerant Systems.” ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS) 12, no. 4 (January 11, 1994): 340–71. https://doi.org/10.1145/195792.195823.
Reiter MK, Birman KP, van Renesse R. A Security Architecture for Fault-Tolerant Systems. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS). 1994 Jan 11;12(4):340–71.
Reiter, M. K., et al. “A Security Architecture for Fault-Tolerant Systems.” ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS), vol. 12, no. 4, Jan. 1994, pp. 340–71. Scopus, doi:10.1145/195792.195823.
Reiter MK, Birman KP, van Renesse R. A Security Architecture for Fault-Tolerant Systems. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS). 1994 Jan 11;12(4):340–371.

Published In

ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS)

DOI

EISSN

1557-7333

ISSN

0734-2071

Publication Date

January 11, 1994

Volume

12

Issue

4

Start / End Page

340 / 371

Related Subject Headings

  • Networking & Telecommunications
  • 4606 Distributed computing and systems software
  • 1006 Computer Hardware
  • 0806 Information Systems
  • 0803 Computer Software