On the confidential auditing of distributed computing systems Conference Paper

abstract

• In this paper, we propose a confidential logging and auditing service for distributed information systems. We propose a cluster-based TTP (trusted third party) architecture for the event log auditing services, so that no single TTP node can have the full knowledge of the logs, and thus no single node can misuse the log information without being detected. On the basis of a relaxed form of secure distributed computing paragidms, one can implement confidential auditing service so that the auditor can retrieve certain aggregated system information e.g., the number of transactions, the total volume, the event traces, etc., without having to access the full log data. Similar to the peer relationship of routers to provide global network routing services, the mutually supported, mutually monitored cluster TTP architecture allows independent systems to collaborate in network-wide auditing without compromising their private information.

name of conference

• 24th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, 2004. Proceedings.

authors

• Liu, Jyh

published proceedings

• 24TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS, PROCEEDINGS

author list (cited authors)

• Shen, Y. P., Lam, T. C., Liu, J. C., & Zhao, W.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Shen, YP||Lam, TC||Liu, JC||Zhao, W

publication date

• January 2004

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems  Journal

keywords

• Anonymity
• Auditing
• Authenticity
• Cluster
• Commutative Cryptography
• Secure Distributed Computing

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/ICDCS.2004.1281627

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0-7695-2086-3

start page

• 600

end page

• 607

volume

• 24

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1109%2Ficdcs.2004.1281627