The Byzantine Generals Problem

Byzantine fault

The Byzantine fault is a condition of distributed computing systems where components may fail and there is imperfect information on whether a component has failed. It is difficult to declare a component failed due to the need for consensus among other components. Byzantine fault tolerance is the resiliency of a system to this condition.

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CS 262a Advanced Topics in Computer Systems

UC Berkeley

Fall 2021

A graduate survey of systems managing computation and information. Topics include volatile and persistent memory management, system support for networking, security infrastructure, extensible systems, APIs, and large software system performance analysis. Students are expected to engage in quality systems research, culminating in a publishable group project.

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