Bond Information and Software Distribution Services

1. Bond Information and Software Distribution Services C. Brian Hill February 5, 2002

2. Functional Goals • An information service that allows processes to retrieve information about Bond residents distributed throughout the network • A software distribution service that notifies running residents when a new version of Bond is available and facilitates the upgrading of the software

3. Existing Research – Information Services • “Grid Information Services for Distributed Resource Sharing” – presents an information service architecture • “Position Aware Group Information Services” – Information Service with consideration for system mobility

4. Existing Research – Software Distribution • “Evaluating Software Deployment Languages and Schema” – Evaluation of existing software deployment models • “CoDelivery: An Environment for Distribution of Reusable Components” – Upgrading by distributing only changed objects

5. Existing Research – Software Distribution • “Trusted distribution of software over the Internet” – a software distribution system to ensure software integrity by using certificates signed by a third party • “A Law-Abiding Peer-to-Peer Network for Free-Software Distribution” – a P2P distribution system which claims to stop distribution of illegal software

6. Project Plans - IS • Extend Distributed Awareness mechanism to manage more information (e.g. software version) • Design Information Service sub-protocol to accommodate registration and queries

7. Project Plans - SDS • Develop a robust model for performing software upgrades • Implement Software Distribution Service using Information Service to locate residents running outdated software versions

8. Conclusion • Questions • Answers • Suggestions