Distributed File System prof. Giovanni Chiola

Privacy


Sensitive files must be readable only by the owner.
In principle nobody else should get access to private data, but this property is difficult to guarantee in a distributed system, where many components might be outside physical control.
If someone else gets access to private data he/she should not be able to understand their meaning in order to guarantee privacy.
Encryption can be used to guarantee privacy on remote servers.

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