DocumentCode :
2429278
Title :
A lightweight approach to authenticated Web caching
Author :
Blundo, Carlo ; Cimato, Stelvio ; De Prisco, Roberto
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Inf. ed Applicazioni, Salerno Univ., Italy
fYear :
2005
fDate :
31 Jan.-4 Feb. 2005
Firstpage :
157
Lastpage :
163
Abstract :
Distributed caching is increasingly used to shorten the response time of Web servers and balance the load on the network by avoiding repeated transmission of the same content. An important research issue is the provision of access control mechanisms in the cache servers in order to service only authenticated client requests. In this paper, we provide a solution based on the distribution of secure cookies, avoiding the distribution and replication of sensitive information to the cache servers. With respect to previous proposals, our solution is lightweight, since it does not rely on computational heavy security mechanisms. We analyze two scenarios for authenticated caching involving different participants and, in both cases, describe a viable caching scheme.
Keywords :
Internet; authorisation; cache storage; client-server systems; message authentication; resource allocation; Web server; access control mechanism; authenticated Web caching; cache server; cookies; distributed caching; load balancing; Access control; Delay; Distributed control; Electronic mail; Information security; Mirrors; Network servers; Proposals; Telecommunication traffic; Web server;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Applications and the Internet, 2005. Proceedings. The 2005 Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2262-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SAINT.2005.5
Filename :
1386110
Link To Document :
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