Domain based configuration and name management for distributed systems

Author

Twidle, K. ; Sloman, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., London Univ., UK

fYear

1988

Firstpage

147

Lastpage

153

Abstract

An overview is given of the conic configuration environment, which applies the domain concept to the structuring of configuration and name management in a distributed system. The use of access-control lists as a security mechanism is shown. Inheritance rules are specified for access permission and access rights to maintain subdomains and overlapping domain relationships. Servers are required to maintain the domain information and location information on the components in the network. A reliable name service based on an arbitrary number of servers, which permits both partitioning and replication of information, is described

Keywords

distributed processing; access permission; access rights; access-control lists; components; configuration management; conic configuration environment; distributed systems; domain concept; domain information; inheritance rules; location information; name management; name service; network; overlapping domain relationships; partitioning; replication of information; security mechanism; servers; subdomains; Access control; Application software; Distributed computing; Educational institutions; Information security; Maintenance; Network servers; Permission; Programming profession; Protection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing Systems in the 1990s, 1988. Proceedings., Workshop on the Future Trends of

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0897-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FTDCS.1988.26693

Filename

26693