一种用于网络计算的可定制启动协议-软件学报.PDF

1000-9825/2003/14(03)0538 ©2003 Journal of Software 软 件 学 报 Vol.14, No.3 ∗ 一种用于网络计算的可定制启动协议 + 周悦芝 , 张尧学, 王 勇 (清华大学 计算机科学与技术系,北京 100084) A Customizable Boot Protocol for Network Computing + ZHOU Yue-Zhi , ZHANG Yao-Xue, WANG Yong (Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China) + Corresponding author: Phn: 86- 10 Fax: 86-10 E-mail: zyz00@ Received 2002-01-23; Accepted 2002-04-11 Zhou YZ, Zhang YX, Wang Y. A customizable boot protocol for network computing. Journal of Software, 2003,14(3):538~546. Abstract: With the development of computer and network technologies and emerging of diverse types of terminal, the ability of network computing to tailor applications to the capabilities of heterogeneous client devices will realize its full potential at last. Most of the existing terminals first start OS locally and then load network-computing software. However, this booting way can’t satisfy the diversity of terminals and the increasing of complexity of network-computing software. A reliable, secure, effective and customizable remote boot protocol named as NCBP (network-based client boot protocol) is presented in this paper, which is hoped to increase the flexibility of existing network computing terminals’ booting process and thus increase the flexibility and availability of network computing. NCBP uses extended DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) to acquire local identifier, then loads a batch script language environment of MBatch (MenuBatch) by using secure APTP (active program transfer protocol). When