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Ruminations on Domain-Based Reliable Broadcast

2002
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A distributed system is no longer confined to a single administrative domain. Peer-to-peer applications and business-to-business e-commerce systems, for example, typically span multiple local-area and wide-area networks, raising issues of trust, security, and anonymity. This paper introduces a distributed systems model with an explicit notion of domain that defines the scope of trust and local communication within a system. We introduce leader-election oracles that distinguish between common and distinct domains, encapsulating failure-detection information and leading to modular solutions and proofs. We show how Reliable Broadcast can be implemented in our domain-based model, we analyze the cost of communicating across groups, and we establish lower-bounds on the number of cross-domain messages necessary to implement Reliable Broadcast.

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2002
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/b45c7cef-9c9e-4638-94bc-859209acbe1e

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A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building. By contrast, a wide area network (WAN) not only covers a larger geographic distance, but also generally involves leased telecommunication circuits. Ethernet and Wi-Fi are the two most common technologies in use for local area networks. Historical network technologies include ARCNET, Token Ring and AppleTalk.

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A wide area network (WAN) is a telecommunications network that extends over a large geographic area. Wide area networks are often established with leased telecommunication circuits. Businesses, as well as schools and government entities, use wide area networks to relay data to staff, students, clients, buyers and suppliers from various locations around the world. In essence, this mode of telecommunication allows a business to effectively carry out its daily function regardless of location.

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