CMPSCI 677: Homework 2

Due: noon, Thursday, Feb 26, 2004
Off-campus students: one week from when you view Lecture 7
Web posted: Thu Feb 19, 10:03 AM
  1. Problems 1, 6, 10, 12, 15, 16, 21 from Chapter 2 (pages 132-133).
  2. Consider the following last-one call semantics for RPCs: A caller repeatedly calls the server until a response is received.
    1. Give an example of a service for which this semantics is appropriate.
    2. Give an example of a service for which this semantics is NOT appropriate. Explain why. Indicate the semantics that IS appropriate for your example.
Prashant Shenoy
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