Practice Byzantine Agreement (2) - Consensus, Paxos and Recovery in Clouds
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Byzantine Agreement

Practice - Byzantine Agreement

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a Byzantine failure?

💡 Hint: Think about what a component can do when it fails.

Question 2 Easy

Why is consensus important in distributed systems?

💡 Hint: Consider the consequences if agreement is not reached.

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Question 1

What is the minimum number of generals required to tolerate 1 traitor?

2
3
4

💡 Hint: Remember the formula for the minimum generals.

Question 2

True or False: All Byzantine failures lead to crash failures.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about other types of faults Byzantine failures represent.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a Byzantine fault-tolerant algorithm for a distributed database system where performance is crucial, including necessary protocol elements.

💡 Hint: Consider how consensus ensures data integrity and system resilience.

Challenge 2 Hard

Critique an existing Byzantine Agreement protocol in terms of efficiency and security. What improvements could be suggested?

💡 Hint: Look into current research on optimizing Byzantine fault tolerance.

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