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Nowadays in the world of networked applications, most applications rely on the client/server model. In this context, the client-side application connects to a server to access a specific type of content or data. Nevertheless this kind of application has an important drawback: they are rigid in the sense that they are specific-purpose oriented.
In order to overcome this drawback, a new approach is proposed in this paper. This consists of having an environment on top of which any kind of application, but specially multimedia ones, can be dynamically plugged-in and run. In fact this environment will provide the means to negotiate for new ‘applications’ and download them ‘as-you-need’. This capability leads to a dynamic way of software distribution and upgrading transparent to the user.
In this paper we present the design and some implementation issues of what we call ‘Multimedia Client/Server Environment’, which is a client/server application that will provide a secure environment on top of which multimedia services and applications can be dynamically and transparently plugged-in. In fact, this environment will handle all aspects related to software negotiation and downloading. Even more, it will also provide the means to define different levels of security which can be adjusted on the basis of application environmental conditions.
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Ribés, J.M.M., Delmot, T., Macq, B. (1997). A fully configurable secure environment for multimedia applications. In: Fdida, S., Morganti, M. (eds) Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques — ECMAST '97. ECMAST 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1242. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0037368
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