CS 574 - Midterm Topics

The Rules

Please remember I impose the following rules on all my exams; yes, I will enforce these, and I will take off points!

1. Bring paper.
2. Don't put your name on the exam. Anywhere.
3. Start each question on a new sheet of paper. Not the back side of a previous question.
4. Put your SSN on every page you turn in.
5. Open book, notes, etc.
6. No electronic aids, except language translation tools.

Questions

Some general notes about how I write exams:

• No true/false or multiple choice. Note: I may ask a question which, on the surface, looks like a true/false or multiple choice question. If I do, the intent is that you justify your yes/no or a/b/c/d; your reasoning is more important than your result. If you simply answer ``yes'' or ``no'' without justification the answer is wrong.
• Typically problem-solving, comparisons, perturbations.

Topics

Advanced OS's: Exokernel, Mach, Plan 9

Interprocess Communication: IPC, RPC, CORBA, MPI.

Crypto: DES, RSA, Kerberos.