1. Braveheart Cloud
Computing
CMPS 494 - Spring 2014
Dinesh Devkota | Travis McAdams | Dr. Ihssan Alkadi
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2. Introduction
● What is the Braveheart Cloud Computing
Project?
● Why do we need it?
● How did you do it?
● How will we use it?
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3. Project Scope
● “On-Premise” Cloud Storage Solution for
Southeastern.
o Why not Dropbox or Google Drive?
● Implement “The MIST” Security Algorithm
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4. Project Scope: Evolved
● Planning
o Linux OS directly on Hardware
o VMware ESXi Hypervisor on Hardware
 Better Utilization of Hardware Resources
 Easier System Administration
 Higher Uptime for Systems
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5. Infrastructure: Hardware
Dell PowerEdge T320
CPU: 4 Core 1.8 Ghz Intel Xeon
RAM: 16GB
Network: Dual Port 1Gb
Storage:
● 3TB RAID 1 Array
(2 x 3TB Drive Mirrored)
● 8GB USB Drivehttp://media.optiodata.com/catalog/category/Dell-T320.png
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6. Infrastructure: Virtual Layer
● VMware ESXi 5.5.0
Hypervisor
o Runs off USB drive
o Loaded into RAM
o Free License
 Limited Features
● HA
● Live Migration
● Cloning http://cdn3.techworld.com/cmsdata/products/3230674/VMware_Stack.PNG
● Management of Multiple Hosts
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7. Virtual Machines
● SVN01 [Debian Linux]
o CMPS 285 - Software Engineering
● CENTOS01 [CentOS Linux]
o CMPS 439 - Database
o CMPS 315 - System Administration
● WINDOWS01 [Windows Server 2008 R2]
o CMPS 315 - System Administration
● LAMP01 [Debian Linux]
o Web Server for Dr. Ghassan Alkadi’s Student
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8. Braveheart Cloud Storage
● Physical server is located in at Fayard 327B
(As of right now)
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9. Technology Used by Braveheart
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10. The MIST Security Algorithm
● Key things about Mist Algorithms
❖ Enhanced security question verification
algorithm
❖ Requirements
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11. How Does MIST work?
● Each user creates three security questions
and answers.
● Authentication with “The Mist”:
o One of the three questions is displayed.
o The answer is displayed along with 49 other
choices.
o The user must choose the correct answer within
16 seconds to gain access to his account.
o Authenticated user is authorized to use change
password in different screen.
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12. source: http://blog.kissmetrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Demo-Time.jpg
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13. Q & A
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