Automatic configuration of internet services

Operating Systems Review (ACM)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 219-229

  Zheng, Wei ^a   Bianchini, Ricardo ^a   Nguyen, Thu D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Configuration; Internet services; Manageability; Operator mistakes

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; INTERNET; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

INTERNET SERVICES; MANAGEABILITY; OPERATOR MISTAKES;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; INTERNET;

AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION; CONFIGURATION FILES; CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS; INTERNET SERVICES; MISCONFIGURATIONS; ONLINE AUCTIONS; PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS; RUNTIME MONITORS; SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE; SCRIPTING LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 34548030922     PISSN: 01635980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1272996.1273020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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