Currently, cycle sharing over the Internet is a one-way deal. Computer owners only have one role in the process: to donate their computers’ idle time. This is due to the fact th...
The Nix software deployment system is based on the paradigm of transparent source/binary deployment: distributors deploy descriptors that build components from source, while clien...
Classically, software deployment is a process consisting of building the software, packaging it for distribution, and installing it at the target site. This approach has two proble...
Secure distributed applications often include code to authenticate users, verify access rights, and establish secure communication channels between software components (e.g., clie...
Abstract. There are many potential users and uses for grid computing. However, the concept of sharing computing resources excites security concerns and, whilst being powerful and f...