Title :
Secure multicast software delivery
Author :
Han, Lin ; Shahmehri, Nahid
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Linkoping Univ., Sweden
Abstract :
Nowadays, purchased software is delivered via sending CD-ROMs or downloading from the Internet. These solutions are either time-consuming or not scalable when the number of end-users becomes large. In this paper, we explore the use of multicast technology as an option for software delivery. We present a global structure for multicast software delivery and look into security issues, mainly focusing on access control in establishing a secure multicast recipient group. A communication schema between each entity in a multicast software delivery system is described in detail. We also describe briefly the implementation of our current prototype for a multicast software delivery system. Such electronic software delivery is the first phase of our ongoing project towards unattended software installation, configuration and upgrade
Keywords :
Internet; access control; security of data; software development management; Internet; access control; configuration; downloading; multicast technology; secure multicast software delivery; security issues; software installation; Bandwidth; Communication system security; Information science; Information systems; Intelligent systems; Internet; Laboratories; Multicast protocols; Network servers; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2000. (WET ICE 2000). Proeedings. IEEE 9th International Workshops on
Conference_Location :
Gaithersburg, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0798-0
DOI :
10.1109/ENABL.2000.883730
