The Middleware Architecture of MAFTIA: A Blueprint
Paulo Verı́ssimo, Nuno Neves, Miguel Pupo Correia · 2000
In this paper, we present the middleware architecture of MAFTIA, an ESPRIT project aiming at developing an open architecture for transactional operations on the Internet. The former is a modular and scalable cryptographic group-oriented middleware suite, suitable for supporting reliable multi-party interactions under partial synchrony models, and subject to malicious as well as accidental faults. 1 Introduction In this paper, we present the middleware architecture of MAFTIA, a project aiming at developing an open architecture for transactional operations on the Internet. MAFTIA exploits common approaches to fault tolerance, of both accidental and malicious faults. The middleware platform is a distributed, modular and scalable cryptographic group-oriented suite, suitable for supporting reliable multi-party interactions under partial synchrony models, subject to malicious as well as accidental faults. A combination of intrusion prevention and tolerance measures is sought, under a ...