Title :
Logon in distributed systems
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
fDate :
Feb. 27 1989-March 3 1989
Abstract :
The problem of logon in distributed systems is discussed. The use of central authentication to solve this problem is described and justified. A layering technique that allows the addition of central authentication to vendor-supplied operating systems is presented, and experience with this technique is described.<>
Keywords :
distributed processing; security of data; central authentication; distributed systems; layering technique; logon; vendor-supplied operating systems; Authentication; Contracts; Distributed databases; Laboratories; National security; Operating systems; Pressing; Protection; Protocols; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
COMPCON Spring '89. Thirty-Fourth IEEE Computer Society International Conference: Intellectual Leverage, Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1909-0
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1989.301953