File Systems

5/5/98


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Table of Contents

File Systems

Implementing Directories

Directory Entry

CP/M

MS-DOS

MS-DOS (II)

UNIX

Disk Space Management

Block Size

Keeping Track of Free Blocks

File System Reliability

Backups

File System Consistency

File System Performance

File System Performance (II)

Security Environment

Security

Security (II)

Security (III)

Security Flaws

Generic Security Attacks

Viruses

Design Principles for Security

User Authentication

User Authentication

Protection Mechanisms

Protection Domains

Protection Domains (II)

Access Control Lists

Capabilities List

Covert Channels

Author: Gary L. Burt

Email: burt@umbc

Home Page: www.cs.umbc.edu/~burt