Management System for Heterogeneous Networks security services
By: Roger E. Wright
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Description: Military C41 facilities form an enormous network of distributed, heterogeneous computers. Operating these      computers such that commanders can exploit their computing power effectively requires a resource      management system. Management System for Heterogeneous Networks (MSHN) is a program under      development specifically designed to address this need. Security for distributed computing systems is of      particular importance to the Department of Defense. Previously developed resource management systems have      largely neglected the issue of security. This thesis proposes a security architecture through which MSHN can      achieve its goal of providing optimal usage of computing resources while simultaneously providing security      commensurate with the software and data processed. A demonstration of the security framework was created      using Intel Corporation's Common Data Security Architecture (CDSA). CDSA provided the cryptographic      mechanisms required to build the security framework.
Notes: "June 1998."

Thesis advisor(s): Cynthia E. Irvine.

Thesis (M.S. in Systems Technology (Command, Control and Communications)) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-263)

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US Army (USA) author.

dk/dk cc:9116 10/6/98.