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kragen_at_pobox.com wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Peter Braam wrote: > > There are a number of hairy issues with security on disconnected > > clients. In particular we consider laptops to be "single user" > > machines from a Coda perspective: only one user at a time can build up > > a CML (Client Modification Log) and reintegrate it. Allowing this for > > more than one user simultaneously creates problems. Kistler's thesis > > discusses this in detail. > > I'd heard this before, and wondered why. > > Who is Kistler, and how can I read their thesis? > > Kragen > Disconnected Operation in a Distributed File System Kistler, J.J. School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University May 1993, CMU-CS-93-156 Kistler's thesis is downloadable via: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/coda/Web/docs-coda.html -- LEE, Yui-wah (Clement)Received on 1997-12-11 22:49:20