In recent years large scale distributed systems have enjoyed growing attention from the IT industry as a viable solution for managing large amounts of data. As more applications are being implemented as to sustain or use such systems, an important issue arises, regarding both the application’s and the system’s security.
In this thesis we propose a novel security Layer for the BlobSeer data management system. We discuss what security actually means for a distributed file system as well as have a look at a few good‐practice security models and algorithms available for data management services. In particular, we discuss BlobSeer’s architecture and mode of operation whilst proposing a number of security enhancements to ensure a practicable and secure client access management.
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