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19th Large Installation System Administration Conference—Abstract
Pp. 143–154 of the Proceedings
Voluntary Cooperation in Pervasive Computing Services
Mark Burgess and Kyrre Begnum, Oslo University College
Abstract
The advent of pervasive computing is moving us towards a new paradigm for computing in terms of ad hoc services. This carries with it a certain risk, from a security and management viewpoint. Users become increasingly responsible for their own hosts. A form of service transaction based on minimal trust is discussed. A proof of concept implementation of non-demand (voluntary) services is discussed for pervasive computing environments. `Voluntary Remote Procedure Call' is a test-implementation of the proposed protocol integrated into cfengine, to show how voluntary cooperation of nodes can allow a cautious exchange of collaborative services, based on minimal trust. An analysis of implementation approaches followed by a discussion of the desirability of this technology is presented.
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