Object Migration and Authentication

1 November 1979

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Vol. SE-5 (6) , 607-611
https://doi.org/10.1109/TSE.1979.230196

Abstract

When typed objects migrate in virtual memory, onto off-ine storage, or among the nodes of a network, the type managers must relinguish control over the object representation and state. In this paper we present a mechanism which allows a type manager to authenticate and reinstantiate migrated objects. This mechanism also solves some problems stemming from the hierarchical structure of the system itself. The mechanism is based on a combination of cryptographic techniques using (nondistributable) centralized, secret keys, and data redundancy which characterizes the object representation and state.

Keywords

AUTHENTICATION
CRYPTOGRAPHY
KERNEL
REDUNDANCY
MEMORY MANAGEMENT
CONTROL SYSTEMS
MAINTENANCE
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS
OPERATING SYSTEMS

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