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    The document proposes the DROPS methodology for cloud storage security. DROPS divides files into fragments and replicates them across cloud nodes in a way that improves security and retrieval time. It distributes fragments strategically so attacking a single node does not reveal file locations. Nodes are selected based on centrality and read/write requests to optimize access time while increasing security through fragmentation and distribution of data. The methodology aims to collectively address security and performance issues in cloud storage.

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    The document proposes the DROPS methodology for cloud storage security. DROPS divides files into fragments and replicates them across cloud nodes in a way that improves security and retrieval time. It distributes fragments strategically so attacking a single node does not reveal file locations. Nodes are selected based on centrality and read/write requests to optimize access time while increasing security through fragmentation and distribution of data. The methodology aims to collectively address security and performance issues in cloud storage.

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    The document proposes the DROPS methodology for cloud storage security. DROPS divides files into fragments and replicates them across cloud nodes in a way that improves security and retrieval time. It distributes fragments strategically so attacking a single node does not reveal file locations. Nodes are selected based on centrality and read/write requests to optimize access time while increasing security through fragmentation and distribution of data. The methodology aims to collectively address security and performance issues in cloud storage.

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    DROPS: Division and Replication of Data in

    Cloud for Optimal Performance and Security


    Objective:
    The main aim of this system is to propose DROPS methodology, a cloud storage security scheme
    that collectively deals with the security and performance in terms of retrieval time.

    Abstract:
    Outsourcing data to a third-party administrative control, as is done in cloud computing, gives rise
    to security concerns. The data compromise may occur due to attacks by other users and nodes
    within the cloud. Therefore, high security measures are required to protect data within the cloud.
    However, the employed security strategy must also take into account the optimization of the data
    retrieval time. In this paper, we propose Division and Replication of Data in the Cloud for
    Optimal Performance and Security (DROPS) that collectively approaches the security and
    performance issues. In the DROPS methodology, we divide a file into fragments, and replicate
    the fragmented data over the cloud nodes. Each of the nodes stores only a single fragment of a
    particular data file that ensures that even in case of a successful attack, no meaningful
    information is revealed to the attacker. Moreover, the nodes storing the fragments are separated
    with certain distance by means of graph T-coloring to prohibit an attacker of guessing the
    locations of the fragments.

    Introduction:
    THE cloud computing paradigm has reformed the usage and management of the information
    technology infrastructure. Cloud computing is characterized by on-demand self-services,
    ubiquitous network accesses, resource pooling, elasticity, and measured services. The
    aforementioned characteristics of cloud computing make it a striking candidate for businesses,
    organizations, and individual users for adoption. However, the benefits of low-cost, negligible
    management (from a users perspective), and greater flexibility come with increased security
    concerns.
    Security is one of the most crucial aspects among those prohibiting the wide-spread adoption of
    cloud computing. Cloud security issues may stem due to the core technologyœ
    implementation (virtual machine (VM) escape, session riding, etc.), cloud service offerings
    (structured query language injection, weak authentication schemes, etc.), and arising from cloud
    characteristics (data recovery vulnerability, Internet protocol vulnerability, etc.). For a cloud to
    be secure, all of the participating entities must be secure. In any given system with multiple
    units, the highest level of the system’s security is equal to the security level of the weakest entity.
    Therefore, in a cloud, the security of the assets does not solely depend on an individual’s security
    measures. The neighboring entities may provide an opportunity to an attacker to bypass the
    user’s defenses.

    Existing System:
    Outsourcing data to a third-party administrative control, as is done in cloud computing, gives rise
    to security concerns. The data compromise may occur due to attacks by other users and nodes
    within the cloud. Therefore, high security measures are required to protect data within the cloud.
    Disadvantages Existing System:
     Risk of exposing confidential data
     Synchronizing the deliverables
     Hidden costs
    Proposed System:
    The data outsourced to a public cloud must be secured. Unauthorized data access by other users
    and processes (whether accidental or deliberate) must be prevented. As discussed above, any
    weak entity can put the whole cloud at risk. In such a scenario, the security mechanism must
    substantially increase an attacker’s effort to retrieve a reasonable amount of data even after a
    successful intrusion in the cloud. Moreover, the probable amount of loss (as a result of data
    leakage) must also be minimized. A cloud must ensure throughput, reliability, and security.
    A key factor determining the throughput of a cloud that stores data is the data retrieval time.
    In large-scale systems, the problems of data reliability, data availability, and response time are
    dealt with data replication strategies. However, placing replicas data over a number of nodes
    increases the attack surface for that particular data. For instance, storing m replicas of a file in a
    cloud instead of one replica increases the probability of a node holding file to be chosen as attack
    victim, from 1/n to m/n, where n is the total number of nodes. From the above discussion, we can
    deduce that both security and performance are critical for the next generation large-scale
    systems, such as clouds. Therefore, in this paper, we collectively approach the issue of security
    and performance as a secure data replication problem. We present Division and Replication of
    Data in the Cloud for Optimal Performance and Security (DROPS) that judicially fragments user
    files into pieces and replicates them at strategic locations within the cloud. The division of a file
    into fragments is performed based on a given user criteria such that the individual fragments do
    not contain any meaningful information. Each of the cloud nodes (we use the term node to
    represent computing, storage, physical, and virtual machines) contains a distinct fragment to
    increase the data security. A successful attack on a single node must not reveal the locations of
    other fragments within the cloud. To keep an attacker uncertain about the locations of the file

    To improve data retrieval time, the nodes are selected based on the centrality measures that
    ensure an improved access time. To further improve the retrieval time, we judicially replicate
    fragments over the nodes that generate the highest read/write requests. The selection of the nodes
    is performed in two phases. In the first phase, the nodes are selected for the initial placement of
    the fragments based on the centrality measures. In the second phase, the nodes are selected
    For replication. The working of the DROPS methodology is shown as a high-level work flow in
    Fig. 1. We implement ten heuristics based replication strategies as comparative techniques to the
    DROPS methodology.
    Advantage of proposed system:
     More security
     Reduce workload and enhance productivity
     Better flexibility and speed

    HARDWARE & SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:


    HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:

    · System : Pentium IV 2.4 GHz.


    · Hard Disk : 500 GB.
    · Ram : 4 GB
    Any desktop / Laptop system with above configuration or higher level

    SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:

    Operating system : Windows XP / 7

    Coding Language : Java (Jdk 1.7)

    Web Technology : Servlet, JSP

    Web Server : TomCAT 6.0

    IDE : Eclipse Galileo

    Database : My-SQL 5.0

    UGI for DB : SQLyog

    JDBC Connection : Type 4 Driver

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