A Subscription-Oriented Software Package Update Distribution System (SPUDS)
01 January 1988
This paper describes a subscription-oriented Software Package Update Distribution System (SPUDS). The system provides secure file distribution over existing networks, using a client-server view for the package software. The server systems hold official versions of selected packages and act as software distributors, while the client systems (subscribers) are software recipients. No particular networking medium is assumed; however, the network must provide file transfer and remote execution.