Protected pointers to specify access privileges in distributed systems

• Published in: Journal of parallel and distributed computing Vol. 126; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Lopriore, Lanfranco, Santone, Antonella
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.04.2019
• Subjects: Access privilege; Distributed system; Parametric one-way function; Password; Protection; Segment; Access privilege; Distributed system; Protection; Segment; Parametric one-way function; Password

With reference to a distributed environment consisting of nodes connected in an arbitrary network topology, we propose the organization of a protection system in which a set of subjects, e.g. processes, generates access attempts to memory segments. One or more primary passwords are associated with e...