Disseminating Security Updates at Internet Scale

by Peter Reiher, Jun Li, Gerald J. Popek

Book Overview

Disseminating Security Updates at Internet Scale describes a new system, "Revere", that addresses these problems. "Revere" builds large-scale, self-organizing and resilient overlay networks on top of the Internet to push security updates from dissemination centers to individual nodes. "Revere" also sets up repository servers for individual nodes to pull missed security updates. This book further discusses how to protect this push-and-pull...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402073054
• ISBN13: 9781402073052
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.5"