Vol. 61, n° 11-12, November-December 2006
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Guest editors
Kamel Adi, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada
Daniel Amyot, University of Ottawa, Canada
Luigi Logrippo, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada

Foreword

Kamel Adi, Daniel Amyot, Luigi Logrippo

BALLS: a structured peer-to-peer system with integrated load balancing

Viet Dung LE*, Gilbert BABIN**, Peter KROPF***

* Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnelle – Université de Montréal ; C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, (Québec) Canada H3C 3J7
** Technologies de l’information, HEC Montréal – 3000, ch. de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal (Québec) Canada H3T 2A7
*** Institut d’informatique, Université de Neuchâtel – Rue Emile Argand 11, CH 2009 Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Abstract Load balancing is an important problem for structured peer-to-peer systems.» Read the summary

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Vol. 61, n° 9-10, September-October 2006
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Georg Carle, University of Tübingen, Germany
Mikaël Salaun, France Télécom R&D, France
Mikhail Smirnov, FOKUS Fraunhofer-Institute, Germany

Foreword

Georg Carle, Mikaël Salaun, Mikhail Smirnov

Handover management based on user’s mobility specification

Badr BENMAMMAR, Francine KRIEF

LaBRI Laboratory, Université Bordeaux 1 – Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS (UMR 5800), 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence cedex, France

Abstract Considering the highly dynamic nature of wireless networks, the major challenge in this environment is the provision of QoS guarantees that different applications demand. Recent research is interested in advance resource reservation to provide the necessary QoS to the mobile terminals.» Read the summary

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Vol. 61, n° 7-8, July-August 2006
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Isabelle de Lamberterie, CNRS, France
Xavier Strubel, GET/INT, France

Foreword

Isabelle de Lamberterie, Xavier Strubel

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Vol. 61, n° 5-6, May-June 2006
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Integration of the digital signature in the protocol SSL/TLS

Ahmed SERHROUCHNI, Ibrahim HAJJEH

GET/Télécom Paris, LTCI-UMR 5141 CNRS – 46, Rue Barrault, 75013 Paris, France

Abstract SSL/TLS is currently the most deployed security protocol on the Internet. SSL/TLS provides end-to-end secure communications between two entities with authentication and data protection. However, what is missing from the protocol is a way to provide the non-repudiation service. In this paper, we describe a generic implementation of the non-repudiation service as an optional module in the SSL/TLS protocol. This approach provides both parties with evidence that the transaction has taken place and a clear separation with application design and development.» Read the summary

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Vol. 61, n° 3-4, March-April 2006
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Guest editors
Frédéric Cuppens, GET/ENST Bretagne, France
Hervé Debar, France Télécom R&D, France
Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA

Foreword

Frédéric Cuppens, Hervé Debar, Elisa Bertino

The European regulatory framework for security and privacy protection in electronic communications

Jos DUMORTIER*, Christoph DE PRETER**

* Professor of Law at the K.U. Leuven, Faculty of Law, Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Law and ICT (ICRI), lawyer at Lawfort – Woluwedal 20, B-1932 Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, Brussels, Belgium.
** Crowell & Moring – 71, rue Royale, B-1000 Brussels, Blegium.

Abstract The European Directive 2002/58/EC of July 12, 2002 introduced important provisions with regard to security and privacy protection in the electronic communications sector.» Read the summary

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Vol. 61, n° 1-2, January-February 2006
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Guest editors
Congduc Pham, University of Pau, France
Guy Leduc, University of Liège, Belgium

Foreword

Congduc Pham, Guy Leduc

Characterization and evaluation of TCP and UDP-based transport on real networks

R. Les COTTRELL¹, Saad ANSARI², Parakram KHANDPUR¹, Ruchi GUPTA¹, Richard HUGHES-JONES³, Michael CHEN⁴, Larry McINTOSH⁵, Frank LEERS⁵

(1) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
(2) Saad Ansari was with SLAC. He is now with Microsoft.
(3) Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, England;
(4) Chelsio, 370 San Aleso Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA
(5) Sun Microsystems Inc.,» Read the summary

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