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Adaptation Architecture for Self-Healing Computer Systems

Mariusz Pelc

Computing and Information Systems Department, University of Greenwich, Park Row, SE10 9LS, London, UK

Opole University of Technology, ul., Proszkowska 76, 45-758 Opole, Poland

E-mail Address: m.pelc@gre.ac.uk

E-mail Address: m.pelc@po.opole.pl

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Dawid Galus

Opole University of Technology, ul., Proszkowska 76, 45-758 Opole, Poland

E-mail Address: dawid.galus@student.po.opole.pl

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218194017500292Cited by:2 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Nowadays, information/data security and availability are of utmost importance. However, due to the fact that security is a process rather than a state, there is an increasing demand for technologies or architectural solutions that would allow a computer system to adjust its level of security in response to changes in its environmental/network characteristics. In this paper, an architecture for a self-managing adaptive router/firewall has been proposed to facilitate an intelligent and real-time self-protection of a computer system. We also show how the proposed architecture might be used to control other system mechanisms or resources (for example, RAM).

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