Issues continued ...

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Naming a machine in the system

• Hierarchical naming
• Single global root
• Dealing with mobile connections

Access Control

• Can any program on any machine access any other
• Ensuring that the system is coherent
• Coherence protocols and policies

Security

• Authenticating Users ... (rivals accessing database!)
• Auditing system

• Management
  • Dividing system into manageable domains
  • Remote management of system
  • Network oriented user interfaces
• Availability
  • Replication of resources
  • Coherence ... ensuring all copies are the same

Question
There are a number of other practical aspects to ensure proper management, can you think of these?