Bond Information and Software Distribution Services

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Bond Information and Software Distribution
Services

• C. Brian Hill
• February 5, 2002

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Functional Goals

• An information service that allows processes to
  retrieve information about Bond residents
  distributed throughout the network
• A software distribution service that notifies
  running residents when a new version of Bond is
  available and facilitates the upgrading of the
  software

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Existing Research Information Services

• Grid Information Services for Distributed
  Resource Sharing presents an information
  service architecture
• Position Aware Group Information Services
  Information Service with consideration for system
  mobility

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Existing Research Software Distribution

• Evaluating Software Deployment Languages and
  Schema Evaluation of existing software
  deployment models
• CoDelivery An Environment for Distribution of
  Reusable Components Upgrading by distributing
  only changed objects

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Existing Research Software Distribution

• Trusted distribution of software over the
  Internet a software distribution system to
  ensure software integrity by using certificates
  signed by a third party
• A Law-Abiding Peer-to-Peer Network for
  Free-Software Distribution a P2P distribution
  system which claims to stop distribution of
  illegal software

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Project Plans - IS

• Extend Distributed Awareness mechanism to manage
  more information (e.g. software version)
• Design Information Service sub-protocol to
  accommodate registration and queries

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Project Plans - SDS

• Develop a robust model for performing software
  upgrades
• Implement Software Distribution Service using
  Information Service to locate residents running
  outdated software versions

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Conclusion

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