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M. Frans Kaashoek. Mazières, David (David Folkman), 1972- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 2008-11-07T20:17:40Z 2008-11-07T20:17:40Z 1997 1997 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43610 48197152 Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997. Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-53). SFS (secure file system) is a global file system designed to be secure against all active and passive network attacks, provide a single namespace across all machines in the world, and avoid any form of centralized control. Using SFS, any unprivileged user can access any file server in the world securely and with no prior arrangement on the part of system administrators. New file servers are immediately accessible securely by all client machines. Users can name such new servers from any existing file system by specifying public keys in symbolic links. A prototype implementation of SFS installs easily, coexists with other file systems, and should port trivially to most UNIX platforms. Preliminary performance numbers on application benchmarks show that, despite its use of encryption and user-level servers, SFS delivers performance competitive with an in-kernel NFS implementation. by David Mazières. M.S. 53 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Security and decentralized control of the SFS global file system Security and decentralized control of the secure file system global file system Thesis application/pdf false Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="573f3e43-ecf4-4102-a170-ab05515b1cd6"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>Security and decentralized control of the SFS global file system</Title> <Subtitle>Security and decentralized control of the secure file system global file system</Subtitle> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>1997</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Mazières, David (David Folkman), 1972-</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.</Keyword> <Abstract>SFS (secure file system) is a global file system designed to be secure against all active and passive network attacks, provide a single namespace across all machines in the world, and avoid any form of centralized control. Using SFS, any unprivileged user can access any file server in the world securely and with no prior arrangement on the part of system administrators. New file servers are immediately accessible securely by all client machines. Users can name such new servers from any existing file system by specifying public keys in symbolic links. A prototype implementation of SFS installs easily, coexists with other file systems, and should port trivially to most UNIX platforms. Preliminary performance numbers on application benchmarks show that, despite its use of encryption and user-level servers, SFS delivers performance competitive with an in-kernel NFS implementation.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>