"Design and Evaluation of Profiling Methods for the Distributed Enforcement Mechanism CliSeAu"

Abstract:
CliSeAu is a Java framework that allows the enforcement of security
policies in a distributed system. CHAP and CCTP are two methods,
introduced in this thesis, that give developers a detailed insight into
the additional strain on the system, that can be attributed to the
enforcement by CliSeAu. CHAP focuses on the memory allocation, CCTP on
the CPU usage. To provide evidence of the applicability of these
methods, a case study is performed. An evaluation of the efficiency of
CliSeAu in the particular settings of the case study and of the
usefulness of the methods in general will be given. Results show, that
our methods produce sensible data and that some elements of CliSeAu
consume a larger amount of resources than expected. Since developers
may have specific requirements, that cannot be inspected efficiently
with the two methods presented here, a variety of tools that could
prove themselves useful in the design of new analyses of CliSeAu as
well as an elaboration on the possible pitfalls when profiling a
distributed system are mentioned in this thesis.