The x-kernel: a platform for accessing internet resources

Author

Peterson, Larry ; Hutchinson, Norman ; O´malley, Sean ; Rao, Herman

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

23

Issue

5

fYear

1990

fDate

5/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

33

Abstract

x-kernel is an experimental operating system for personal workstations that allows uniform access to resources throughout a nationwide internet: an interconnection of networks similar to the TCP/IP internet. This network is also called the National Research and Education Network (NREN). The x-kernel supports a library of protocols, and it accesses different resources with different protocol combinations. In addition, two user-level systems that give users an integrated and uniform interface to resources have been built on top of the x-kernel. These two systems-a file system and a command interpreter-hide differences among the underlying protocols.<>

Keywords

network operating systems; protocols; NREN; National Research and Education Network; command interpreter; file system; integrated interface; library of protocols; nationwide internet; networks interconnection; operating system; personal workstations; protocol combinations; resources access; uniform access; uniform interface; user-level systems; x-kernel; Access protocols; Delay; Internet; Kernel; Local area networks; Operating systems; Sprites (computer); Sun; TCPIP; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.53352

Filename

53352