Design and Implementation of Hydra: A Platform for Survivable and Secure Storage Systems

该项目的目标是设计、实现和原型一个可生存和安全的数据存储系统的通用平台。该平台将为通用（n,k）方案提供一套计算效率高的MDS编码器和解码器，以及一套基本的文件操作。本项目还将探索该平台在基于存储的入侵检测、防御和恢复方面的一些应用。这样的平台可以在未来的数据存储系统和数据分发网络的研究和发展中被纳入、修改、适应和扩展。拟议的研究将为构成国家网络安全基础的网络存储系统提供实用的关键构建块。本项目是我们在相关项目中积累的各种理论成果和工具的系统实践延伸。本研究的广泛影响包括多个方面：我们将向相关研究团体传播本项目开发的工具和系统，以供广泛采用和适应；积极将科研成果融入各类教育活动；该项目将为PI的其他相关nsf资助项目提供理论、工具和测试平台。

The goal of this project is to design, implement and prototype a general platform for survivable and secure data storage systems. The platform will provide a set of computation efficient MDS encoders and decoders for general (n,k) schemes, as well as a suite of basic file operations. This project will also explore a few applications of such a platform for storage-based intrusion detection, prevention and restoration. Such a platform can be incorporated, modified, adapted and extended in future research and development of data storage systems and data distribution networks. The proposed research will provide a practical key building block to networked storage systems that form the basis of national cyber security.This project is a system practice extension from various theoretical results and tools we have accumulated from related projects.The broader impact of this research includes multiple aspects: we will disseminate tools and systems developed in this project to related research communities for wide adoption and adaptation; we will actively incorporate research results into various educational activities; and this project will both make use and provide theory, tools and testbed to the PI's other related NSF-sponsored projects.