Wiki: Distributed environment

Summary

DeforaOS should ultimately allow users to access their respective data and applications transparently, regardless of their current location and device used. Consequently, a distributed and secure framework need be developed, with the rest of the system based onto it.

Description

Components

1. libSystem
2. Init
3. Session
4. VFS
5. GServer/GToolkit
6. VPN
7. Directory

Global tasks

To achieve this goal, completion of the following tasks is required:

• executing native code remotely, portably and transparently
• accessing data on remote hosts
• listing one's own sessions
• accessing remote sessions
• routing session data and applications dynamically
  
• resuming applications on remote hosts
• sharing data with other users
• sharing applications with other users
  

Current status

Some functional proof-of-concept applications, as well as functional hardware prototypes could be successfully built and deployed. Their conversion into industrial-grade products still requires a number of significant improvements in the base of this system.