Efficient Self Protection in Clustered Distributed System Using Access Detection

Abstract — The complexity of today's distributed computing environment is such that the presence of bugs and security holes is statistically unavoidable. A very promising approach to the present issue is to implement a self-protected system. Self-protection refers to the ability for a system to detect illegal behaviors. This article demonstrates the implementation of self-protection manager which targets clustered distributed systems. Our approach is based on the global database of the clustered distributed applications. This knowledge permits to detect known and unknown attacks if an prohibited (illegal) access is performed. The prototype is designed using access detection