Distributed GNU Shepherd
A Secure Distributed System Layer for Networked Cluster Computing
The project to convert the GNU Shepherd to a distributed program by porting it to use Spritely's Goblins library will empower users to more securely connect computers for clustered and other forms of cooperative work. As a daemon-managing daemon, the Shepherd exposes control of the system layer. Goblins, as an implementation of the object-capability security paradigm, provides both networking and security abstractions. Together, they will simplify and increase the efficiency of existing networked workflows without sacrificing security while also enabling entirely new kinds of cooperation between disparate machines.
- The project's own website: https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/
This project was funded through the NGI0 Entrust Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101069594.
