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Fundamentals of Distributed System:

Definition of a Distributed System, Goals of a
Distributed System, Types of Distributed Systems, Basics of Operating System and
Networking.

Basics of Architectures, Processes, and Communication:

Architectures – Types of
System Architectures, Self Management in Distributed Systems; Processes – Basics of
Threads, Virtualization, Roles of Client and Server, Code Migration; Communication –
Types of Communications, Remote Procedure Calls, Message-Oriented Communication,
Stream-Oriented Communication, Multicasting

Naming –

Names, Identifiers, And Addresses, Flat Naming, Structured Naming, AttributeBased Naming

Synchronization

Clock Synchronization, Logical Clocks, Mutual Exclusion, Global
Positioning Of Nodes, Election Algorithms

Consistency, Replication and Fault Tolerance-

Introduction To Replication, DataCentric Consistency Models, Client-Centric Consistency Models, Replica Management,
Consistency Protocols, Basics of Fault Tolerance, Process Resilience, Reliable ClientServer Communication, Reliable Group Communication, Distributed Commit, Recovery

Security:

Introduction to Security- Security Threats, Policies, and Mechanisms, Design
Issues, Basics of Cryptography, Secure Channels- Authentication, Message Integrity and
Confidentiality, Secure Group Communication; Access Control- General Issues in Access
Control, Firewalls, Secure Mobile Code, Denial of Service; Security Management-Key
Management, Secure Group Management, Authorization Management

Categories of Distributed System:

Architecture, Processes, Communication, Naming,
Synchronization, Consistency and Replication, Fault Tolerance, Security: Distributed
Object-based System;Distributed File System;Distributed Web-based System; Distributed
Coordination based System