Distributed Systems : Concepts And Design

Broad and up-to-date coverage of the principles and practice in this fast moving area. Includes the key issues in the debate between components and web services as the way forward for industry.

The depth of coverage will enable students to evaluate existing distributed systems and design new ones.

Three entirely new chapters on Peer-to-Peer Systems, Web Services, and Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems.
More than 25 detailed case studies of well-known systems, 8 of them new including studies of the Grid, Cool town, Blue tooth and the (in)security of the WiFi WEP protocol.
Updated coverage of XML and its security extensions, the Advanced Encryption Standard and security design for ubiquitous systems.