1. Bond Information and Software Distribution Services
C. Brian Hill
February 5, 2002

2. Functional Goals
An information service that allows processes to retrieve information about Bond residents distributed throughout the network
A software distribution service that notifies running residents when a new version of Bond is available and facilitates the upgrading of the software

3. Existing Research – Information Services
“Grid Information Services for Distributed Resource Sharing” – presents an information service architecture
“Position Aware Group Information Services” – Information Service with consideration for system mobility

4. Existing Research – Software Distribution
“Evaluating Software Deployment Languages and Schema” – Evaluation of existing software deployment models
“CoDelivery: An Environment for Distribution of Reusable Components” – Upgrading by distributing only changed objects

5. Existing Research – Software Distribution
“Trusted distribution of software over the Internet” – a software distribution system to ensure software integrity by using certificates signed by a third party
“A Law-Abiding Peer-to-Peer Network for Free-Software Distribution” – a P2P distribution system which claims to stop distribution of illegal software

6. Project Plans - IS
Extend Distributed Awareness mechanism to manage more information (e.g. software version)
Design Information Service sub-protocol to accommodate registration and queries

7. Project Plans - SDS
Develop a robust model for performing software upgrades
Implement Software Distribution Service using Information Service to locate residents running outdated software versions

8. Conclusion
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