Do you get what you pay for? Using proof-of-work functions to verify performance assertions in the cloud

Proceedings - 2nd IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science, CloudCom 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 687-692

  Koeppe, Falk ^a   Schneider, Joerg ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Cloud computing; Security; Trust

Indexed keywords

ATTACK VECTOR; BENCHMARK; CHALLENGE-RESPONSE SYSTEMS; CPU TIME; DIRECT ACCESS; PAY-PER-USE; PRICE MODELS; REFERENCE BENCHMARKS; RUNTIMES; SECURITY; TRUST; VIRTUAL MACHINES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; WORK FUNCTION;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 79952395279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CloudCom.2010.100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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