CS4513 Exam Three Topic Outline

Here is an outline of the topics that might be on the third exam:

• Synchronization (Chapter 5)
  • Clocks
    • Cristian's algorithm
    • Berkeley algorithm
    • Decentralized algorithm
  • Global Time and State
    • Lamport timestamps
  • Election Algorithms
    • Bully algorithm
    • Ring algorithm
  • Mutual Exclusion
    • Centralized
    • Distributed
    • Token Ring
  • Distributed Transactions
    • Transaction properties
    • Implementation
• The Web (Ch 11.1)
  • Document model
  • Architecture
    • Client-side processing
    • Server-side processing
  • Communication
    • Persistence
    • Pipelining
  • Processes
    • Browsers
    • Proxies
    • Server Clusters
  • Naming
    • URL
  • Caching
    • Weak vs. Strong Consistency
    • Server replication (Akamai)
  • SSL
• Security (Phreak)
  • Port scanning
  • Smashing the stack
  • Trojan horse
  • Rootkits
  • Prevention

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