If multicast communication appears as the most efficient way to send data to a group of participants, it presents also more vulnerabilities to attacks and requires services such as...
Abstract. The Next Generation Network (NGN) has a multilayer logical construction. Network carriers use various tools in complex procedures to operate application servers on the NG...
Temporal workflow management is important for processes that are time-driven. Claim handling, which requires the documentation, diagnosis, and resolution of customer claims due to...
The GSS-API [20, 21] offers security services independent of underlying mechanisms. A possible GSS-mechanism is the Simple Public Key Mechanism (SPKM) specified in [1]. In this pa...
: Currently, state of the art peer-to-peer (P2P) lookup mechanisms actively create and manage a peer application layer overlay network to achieve scalability and efficiency. The pr...