RFC 677 (rfc677) - Page 1 of 10


Maintenance of duplicate databases



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Network Working Group                       Paul R. Johnson (BBN-TENEX)
RFC # 677                                   Robert H. Thomas (BBN-TENEX)
NIC # 31507                                 January 27, 1975





                 The Maintenance of Duplicate Databases


Preface:

This RFC is a working paper on the problem of maintaining duplicated
databases in an ARPA-like network. It briefly discusses the general
duplicate database problem, and then outlines in some detail a solution
for a particular type of duplicate database.  The concepts developed
here were used in the design of the User Identification Database for the
TIP user authentication and accounting system. We believe that these
concepts are generally applicable to distributed database problems.































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