Network Operating System

By Elena Otte Distributed Data Processing

Table of content:

System Network Operating System Network Operating System Features Remote Login with an example Remote file transfer (Example) Anonymous FTP method

Network and Operating System Security Novell NetWare and protocols Linux Windows XP MS-DOS environment Difference between OS and NOS Summary Sources

What is a system? set of interacting or interdependent entities

What is a Network?

is a communication path between two or more systems vary by the protocols used, the distances between nodes, and the transport media TCP/IP is the most common network protocol

Operating System

program that manages the computer hardware provides a basis for application programs and acts as an intermediary between the user and the hardware offers a reasonable way to solve the problem of creating a usable computing system

Types of Operating Systems: Windows Vista Linux and Unix Microsoft Windows Mac OS X

User 1

User 2

User 3

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User n

Compiler

Assembler

Text editor

Databases System

System and Application Programs

Operating System Computer Hardware

Figure: Abstract view of the components of a computer system

Network Operating System

provides an environment in which users, who are aware of multiplicity of machines, can access remote resources either: -> logging in to the remote machine* or -> transferring data from the remote machine to their own machines

mostly used with local area networks and widearea networks

*Remote machine: refers to a computer connected to the network which a user is using

Features

Provides basic operating system features; support for processors, protocols, automatic hardware detection, support multi-processing of applications Security features; authentication, authorization, access control Provides names and directory services Provides files, print, web services, back-up and replication services

Supports Internetworking such as routing and WAN ports User management and support for login and logoff, remote access, system management Clustering capabilities, fault tolerant and and high availability systems

Cluster: = group of linked computers working together closely, connected to LAN

Remote Login with an example

important function of a NOS is to allow users to log in remotely internet provides the telnet facility for this purpose Example: a user at Westminster College wishes to compute on cs.yale.edu, a computer that is located at Yale University -> user must have a valid account on that machine to log in remotely the user issues the command:
telnet cs.yale.edu

Command results in the formation of a socket connection between the local machine at Westminster College and the cs.yale.edu computer

connection has been established transparent, bidirectional link that all characters entered by the user are sent to a process cs.yale.edu all the output from that process is sent back to the user

Remote File Transfer

Provide a mechanism for remote file transfer from one machine to another Each computer maintains its own local file system User: cs.uvm.edu wants to access a file located on another computer cs.yale.edu file must be copied from the computer at Yale to the PC at Uni of Vermont Internet provides the transfer with file transfer protocol (FTP) program

Example:

User on cs.uvm.edu -> copy Java program Server.java that resides on cs.yale.edu Invoke FTP program ftp cs.yale.edu Login name and password Correct information has been received, user must connect to the file Server.java and after copy the file by executing get Server.java

File location is not transparent to the user No real file sharing Remember: User at the Uni of Vermont must have login permission on cs.yale.edu FTP provides a way to allow a user to copy files remotely Remote copying is accomplished through anonymous FTP method

Anonymous FTP Method

File to be copied (Server.java) must be placed in a subdirectory (ftp) with the protection set to allow the public to read the file User uses ftp command Login name anonymous and password Anonymous login is accomplished User is allowed to access only those files that are in the directory tree of user anonymous

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FTP mechanism is implemented (similar to telnet implementation) Daemon on remote site -> watches for connection requests to systems FTP port Login authentication is accomplished ->user can execute commands remotely telnet daemon executes any command for user FTP daemon responds to a predefined set of filerelated commands

Get: transfer a file from the remote machine to the local machine Put: transfer from the local machine to the remote machine Ls or dir: list files in the current directory on the remote machine Cd: change the current directory on the remote machine

Network and Operating System Security

OS: system must protect itself Runway process could constitute an accidental denialof-service attack Query to service could reveal passwords Stack overflow could allow the launching of an unauthorized process List of possible breaches is almost endless

Travels over private leased lines, shared lines like the internet, wireless connections, or dial-up lines Intercepting these data could be harmful as breaking into a computer Interruption of communications could constitute a remote denial-of-service attack, diminishing users use of and trust in the system

Novell NetWare

Is a NOS Used cooperative multitasking to run several services on a PC File sharing instead of disk sharing NDS (Novell Directory Services) Server administration Desktop Management Software distribution Integrated cache Enhanced security

Novell NetWare Protocols

Are widely used for PC LANs Windows XP Nwlink protocol connects the NetBIOs to NetWare networks In combination with a redirector this protocol enables a Windows XP client to connect to a NetWare server Some NOSs for DOS and Windows system include Novell NetWare: Windows NT and 2000 OS/2 etc.

Linux

Free OS based on Unix standards Provides a programming interface and user interface Core Linux OS kernel is original, but allows much existing free Unix software to run Multiuser system, providing protection between processes and running multiple processes according to a time-sharing (or multitasking) scheduler Multiple networking protocols can be accessed simultaneously through socket interface

Uses an abstraction layer to manage multiple file systems Device-oriented, networked, and virtual file systems are supported Network devices are dealt with differently from block and character devices Users cannot directly transfer data to network devicesinstead- must communicate indirectly by opening a connection to the kernels networking subsystem

Windows XP

Was designed to be an extensible, portable OS Supports multiple operating environments and symmetric multiprocessing 32-bit and 64-bit processors Use of kernel objects to provide basic services Network device interface specification (NDIS) and transport driver interface (TDI) NDIS interface seperates network adapters from transport protocols TDI supports both connection-based and connectionless transport, function to send any type of data

MS-DOS Environment

No complexity of other Windows XP subsystems Provided by Win32 API application (VDM) Windows XP command shell is a program that creates a window-looks like MS-DOS Can run 16-bit and 32-bit executables Some MS-DOS access the disk hardware directly -> fail to operate under Windows XP

Difference between Operating System and Network Operating System

OS runs the computer itself Example: Windows

Network OS run on a server and can be accessed through client machines connected on the network Example: Novell Netware and Linux run on a server and can be used as NOS, even there are Windows server OSs which can be used by clients connected on the network

Summary

NOS provides features such as file sharing across the network Includes communication scheme Allows different processes on different computers to exchange messages Computer running a NOS acts autonomously from all other computers on the network It is aware of the network able to communicate with other networked computers

Sources

Book: Operating System Concepts www.answers.com/topic/network-operating-system www.wikipedia.com www.trainsignaltraining.com/.../ftp_iis7_10.png

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