Title :
Access control mechanisms in a distributed, persistent memory system
Author :
Lopriore, Lanfranco
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ingegneria della Informazione Elettronica, Universita degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
fDate :
10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A distributed, persistent memory system is considered, which implements a form of segmentation with paging within the framework of the single-address-space paradigm of memory reference. A peculiar problem of a system of this type is the lack of protection of the private information items of any given process against unauthorized access attempts possibly performed by the other processes. We present a set of mechanisms able to enforce access control over the private virtual space areas. These mechanisms guarantee a degree of protection comparable to that typical of a multiple-address-space system, while preserving the advantages of ease of information sharing, typical of the single-address-space model. The resulting environment is evaluated from a number of salient viewpoints, including ease of distribution and revocation of access rights, strategies for virtual space reuse, and the storage requirements of the information for memory management
Keywords :
authorisation; distributed memory systems; persistent objects; storage management; access control mechanisms; access rights; degree of protection; distributed persistent memory system; information sharing; memory management; memory reference; paging; private information items; private virtual space areas; single address space; storage requirements; unauthorized access; virtual space reuse; Access control; Buffer storage; Circuits; Control systems; Distributed control; Environmental management; Information management; Memory management; Permission; Protection;
Journal_Title :
Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPDS.2002.1041883