Application-level survivable software: rFTP proof-of-concept

Author

Grzywa, Mary ; Dharmik, A. ; Yurcik, William ; Brumbaugh, Larry

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Comput. Sci., Illinois State Univ., Normal, IL, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

203

Lastpage

204

Abstract

Application-level survivability, the ability to reconfigure an application to transparently maintain services when part of a system becomes unavailable, is the most flexible and comprehensive approach to supporting mission fulfillment since it can provide assurance over all lower layers within a networked system. We have developed Resumable FTP, an application based on RFC 959, which has the ability to resume the download of a file after the download has been interrupted by users or by lower layers (loss of connection). We present the design and experimental use of rFTP and conclude with future directions for work in application-layer survivability

Keywords

cellular radio; computer communications software; protocols; radio networks; software reliability; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network reliability; RFC 959; Resumable FTP; application-level survivable software; dual-mode cellular telephones; file downloading; file transfer protocols; lower layers; networked system; operating systems; rFTP proof-of-concept; Application software; Computer science; IP networks; Insurance; Internet telephony; Operating systems; Programming; Resumes; Streaming media; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 2001. Proceedings. LCN 2001. 26th Annual IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1321-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.2001.990788

Filename

990788