Practice The Nature Of Byzantine Failure (2.2) - Consensus, Paxos and Recovery in Clouds
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The Nature of Byzantine Failure

Practice - The Nature of Byzantine Failure

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Question 1 Easy

What is a Byzantine failure?

💡 Hint: Think of faulty devices that still function but don't give accurate results.

Question 2 Easy

How many generals are required to tolerate f traitors?

💡 Hint: Consider the relationship between loyal and traitor generals.

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Question 1

What is a characteristic of Byzantine failures?

A. Processes behave predictably
B. Components can act arbitrarily
C. Failures always stop processes

💡 Hint: Consider the unpredictability in their behavior.

Question 2

True or False: The Lamport-Shostak-Pease algorithm requires at least 3 times the number of loyal generals as traitors.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think of how it ensures enough loyal participants.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Describe a scenario where Byzantine fault tolerance may be essential in a real-world application.

💡 Hint: Think about how trust and verification affect transactions.

Challenge 2 Hard

Formulate a strategy to improve consensus protocols in the presence of Byzantine faults in a distributed network.

💡 Hint: Consider how real-time assessment can enhance trust.

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