Intrusion Tolerance in Distributed Computing Systems

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Author

Yves Deswarte,Laurent Blain,Jean-Charles Fabre

Entry type

article

Abstract

An intrusion-tolerant distributed system is a system which is designed so that any intrusion into a part of the system will not endanger confidentiality, integrity and availability. This approach is suitable for distributed systems, because distribution enables isolation of elements so that an intrusion gives physical access to only a part of the system. By intrusion, we mean not only computer break-ins by non-registered people, but also attemps by registered users to exceed or to abuse their privileges. In particular, possible malice of security administrators is taken into account. This paper describes how some functions of distributed systems can be designed to tolerate intrusions, in particular security functions such as user authentication and authorization, and application functions such as file management.

Date

1991 – May

URL

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=130780

Address

31077 Toulouse France

Institution

IEEE Computer Society Press

Key alpha

Deswarte

Publication Date

2001-01-01

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@Article{ Deswarte,
	title = "Intrusion Tolerance in Distributed Computing Systems",
	author = "Yves Deswarte,Laurent Blain,Jean-Charles Fabre",
	year = "1991",
	month = "May",
	address = "31077 Toulouse France",
	institution = "IEEE Computer Society Press",
	abstract = "An intrusion-tolerant distributed system is a system which is designed
so that any intrusion into a part of the system will not endanger
confidentiality, integrity and availability. This approach is suitable
for distributed systems, because distribution enables isolation of elements
so that an intrusion gives physical access to only a part of the system.
By intrusion, we mean not only computer break-ins by non-registered people,
but also attemps by registered users to exceed or to abuse their privileges.
In particular, possible malice of security administrators is taken into
account. This paper describes how some functions of distributed systems
can be designed to tolerate intrusions, in particular security functions
such as user authentication and authorization, and application functions
such as file management.",
	url = "http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=130780",
}