The authors present three techniques for extracting entropy during boot on embedded devices. Their first technique times the execution of code blocks early in the Linux kernel boot process. It is simple to implement and has a negligible runtime overhead, but, on many of the devices they test, gathers hundreds of bits of entropy. Their ...

Today cloud computing has become as a new concept for hosting and delivering different services over the Internet for big data solutions. Cloud computing is attractive to different business owners of both small and enterprise as it eliminates the requirement for users to plan ahead for provisioning, and allows enterprises to start from the small ...

The aim of power management policies is to reduce the amount of energy consumed by computer systems while maintaining satisfactory level of performance. One common method for saving energy is to simply suspend the system during idle times. No energy is consumed in the suspend mode. However, the process of waking up the system itself ...

Assume that a group of organizations decide to integrate their online businesses. One (or more) of them will provide a front end that enables user interaction via Web. Modeling interactions among software components is becoming increasingly important for analyzing behavior of web software. This is especially true for the area of web services where distributed ...