Verteilte Systeme

2026

• Bessani ., Correia M., Distler T., Kapitza R., Esteves-Verissimo P., Yu J.:
  Vivisecting the Dissection: On the Role of Trusted Components in BFT Protocols
  In: IEEE Transactions on Computers (2026), S. 1-8
  ISSN: 0018-9340
  DOI: 10.1109/TC.2026.3715788
• Gogada H., Berger C., Jehl L., Reiser HP., Meling H.:
  OptiLog: Assigning Roles in Byzantine Consensus
  EuroSys 2026 (Edinburgh, 27. April 2026 - 30. April 2026)
  In: ACM (Hrsg.): EUROSYS ’26 2026

2025

• Böhm H., Distler T., Kapitza R.:
  Towards a Blockchain-based Data Recorder for Small Drones
  2nd Workshop on Resilient Operations – Byzantine Fault Tolerance and State-Machine Replication (ROBUST '25) (Karlsruhe, 17. März 2025 - 18. März 2025)
  Open Access: https://gi-robust.github.io/robust25/assets/abstracts/7-Blockchain-Data-Recorder-for-Drones.pdf
• Lawniczak L., Distler T.:
  Hard Shell, Reliable Core: Improving Resilience in Replicated Systems with Selective Hybridization
  44th International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS '25) (Porto, 29. September 2025 - 2. Oktober 2025)
  In: Proceedings of the 44th International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS '25) 2025
  URL: https://sys.cs.fau.de/publications/2025/lawniczak_25_srds.pdf
• Messadi I., Gerber ME., Distler T., Kapitza R.:
  TEE-Assisted Recovery and Upgrades for Long-Running BFT Services
  20th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES '25) (Ghent, 11. August 2025 - 14. August 2025)
  In: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES '25) 2025
  URL: https://sys.cs.fau.de/publications/2025/messadi_25_ares.pdf

2024

• Avelãs D., Heydari H., Alchieri E., Distler T., Bessani A.:
  Probabilistic Byzantine Fault Tolerance
  43rd Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC 2024) (Nantes, 17. Juni 2024 - 21. Juni 2024)
  In: Proceedings of the 43rd Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC 2024) 2024
• Böhm H., Distler T.:
  Memory-Efficient Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Replication for Highly Resource-Constrained Systems
  1st Workshop on Resilient Operations – Byzantine Fault Tolerance and State-Machine Replication (ROBUST '24) (Erlangen, 13. März 2024 - 14. März 2024)
  Open Access: https://robust2024.github.io/robust24/assets/abstracts/memory-efficient-bft.pdf
• Böhm H., Distler T., Wägemann P.:
  TinyBFT: Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Replication for Highly Resource-Constrained Embedded Systems
  30th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2024) (Hong Kong, China, 13. Mai 2024 - 16. Mai 2024)
  In: Proceedings of the 30th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2024) 2024
  DOI: 10.1109/RTAS61025.2024.00026
  URL: https://sys.cs.fau.de/publications/2024/boehm_24_rtas.pdf
• Eischer M.:
  Geo-Replicated Byzantine Fault-Tolerant State-Machine Replication with Low Latency (Dissertation, 2024)
  DOI: 10.25593/open-fau-545
• Eischer M., Distler T.:
  Spider: A BFT Architecture for Geo-Replicated Cloud Services
  (2024)
  DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2407.07899
  (online publication)
• Lawniczak L., Distler T.:
  Tough on the Outside, Reliable on the Inside: Utilizing System Composition for Improved Resilience
  1st Workshop on Resilient Operations – Byzantine Fault Tolerance and State-Machine Replication (ROBUST '24) (Erlangen, 13. März 2024 - 14. März 2024)
  Open Access: https://robust2024.github.io/robust24/assets/abstracts/Utilizing_System_Composition_for_Improved_Resilience.pdf
• Lawniczak L., Distler T.:
  Targeting Tail Latency in Replicated Systems with Proactive Rejection
  25th Middleware Conference (Middleware '24) (Hong Kong, 2. Dezember 2024 - 6. Dezember 2024)
  In: Proceedings of the 25th Middleware Conference (Middleware '24) 2024
  DOI: 10.1145/3652892.3700775
  URL: https://sys.cs.fau.de/publications/2024/lawniczak_24_middleware.pdf

2023

• Berger C., Schwarz-Rüsch S., Vogel A., Bleeke K., Jehl L., Reiser HP., Kapitza R.:
  SoK: Scalability Techniques for BFT Consensus
  IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1. Mai 2023 - 5. Mai 2023)
  In: Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency 2023
  DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2303.11045
  URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.11045.pdf
• Bessani A., Correia M., Distler T., Kapitza R., Esteves-Veríssimo P., Yu J.:
  Vivisecting the Dissection: On the Role of Trusted Components in BFT Protocols
  (2023)
  DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2312.05714
  (online publication)
• Distler T., Eischer M., Lawniczak L.:
  Micro Replication
  53rd Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN '23) (Porto, Portugal, 27. Juni 2023 - 30. Juni 2023)
  In: Proceedings of the 53rd Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN '23) 2023
  DOI: 10.1109/DSN58367.2023.00024
• Lawniczak L., Ammon M., Distler T.:
  Generic Checkpointing Support for Stream-based State-Machine Replication
  Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Principles and Practice of Consistency for Distributed Data (PaPoC '23) (Rome, 8. Mai 2023 - 8. Mai 2023)
  DOI: 10.1145/3578358.3591329
  URL: https://sys.cs.fau.de/publications/2023/lawniczak_23_papoc.pdf

2022

• Messadi I., Becker MH., Bleeke K., Jehl L., Mokhtar SB., Kapitza R.:
  SplitBFT: Improving Byzantine Fault Tolerance Safety Using Trusted Compartments
  23rd ACM/IFIP International Middleware Conference, Middleware 2022 (Quebec, QC, 7. November 2022 - 11. November 2022)
  In: Middleware 2022 - Proceedings of the 23rd ACM/IFIP International Middleware Conference 2022
  DOI: 10.1145/3528535.3531516
• Schwarz-Rüsch S., Behlendorf M., Becker MH., Kudlek R., Mohamed HHE., Schoenitz F., Jehl L., Kapitza R.:
  EventChain: A Blockchain Framework for Secure, Privacy-Preserving Event Verification
  23rd ACM/IFIP International Middleware Conference (Quebec, QC, 7. November 2022 - 11. November 2022)
  DOI: 10.1145/3528535.3565243
  URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3528535.3565243
• Schwarz-Rüsch S., Bleeke K., Messadi I., Schmidt S., Krampf A., Olze K., Stahnke S., Schmid R., Pirl L., Kittel R., Polze A., Franz M., Müller M., Jehl L., Kapitza R.:
  ZugChain: Blockchain-Based Juridical Data Recording in Railway Systems
  Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 27. Juni 2022 - 30. Juni 2022)
  In: Proceedings of the 52nd International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks 2022
  DOI: 10.1109/DSN53405.2022.00019
  URL: https://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/users/ruesch/papers/ruesch-dsn22.pdf

2021

• Distler T.:
  Byzantine Fault-Tolerant State-machine Replication from a Systems Perspective
  In: ACM Computing Surveys 54 (2021), Art.Nr.: 24
  ISSN: 0360-0300
  DOI: 10.1145/3436728
• Eischer M., Distler T.:
  Egalitarian Byzantine Fault Tolerance
  2021 IEEE 26th Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC) (Perth, 1. Dezember 2021 - 3. Dezember 2021)
  DOI: 10.1109/PRDC53464.2021.00019
  URL: https://www4.cs.fau.de/Publications/2021/eischer_21_prdc.pdf
• Lawniczak L., Distler T.:
  Stream-based State Machine Replication
  In: Proceedings of the 17th European Dependable Computing Conference (EDCC '21) 2021
  DOI: 10.1109/edcc53658.2021.00024
  URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2106.13019

2020

• Distler T.:
  Vision trifft auf Wirklichkeit: Ergebnisse und Erkenntnisse langjähriger Forschung im Bereich replizierter Systeme
  (2020)
  URL: https://www4.cs.fau.de/~distler/publications/distler20vision.pdf
  (anderer)
• Eischer M., Distler T.:
  Resilient Cloud-based Replication with Low Latency
  21st International Middleware Conference, Middleware 2020 (, 7. Dezember 2020 - 11. Dezember 2020)
  In: Middleware 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 21st International Middleware Conference 2020
  DOI: 10.1145/3423211.3425689
  URL: https://www4.cs.fau.de/Publications/2020/eischer_20_middleware.pdf
• Eischer M., Straßner B., Distler T.:
  Low-Latency Geo-Replicated State Machines with Guaranteed Writes
  7th Workshop on Principles and Practice of Consistency for Distributed Data, PaPoC 2020 (Heraklion, 27. April 2020 - 27. April 2020)
  In: Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Principles and Practice of Consistency for Distributed Data, PaPoC 2020 2020
  DOI: 10.1145/3380787.3393686
  URL: https://www4.cs.fau.de/Publications/2020/eischer_20_papoc.pdf

2019

• Deyerl C., Distler T.:
  In Search of a Scalable Raft-based Replication Architecture
  6th Workshop on Principles and Practice of Consistency for Distributed Data, PaPoC 2019 (Dresden, 25. März 2019)
  In: Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Principles and Practice of Consistency for Distributed Data, PaPoC 2019 2019
  DOI: 10.1145/3301419.3323968
• Eischer M., Büttner M., Distler T.:
  Deterministic Fuzzy Checkpoints
  International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS '19) (Lyon, 1. Oktober 2019 - 4. Oktober 2019)
  In: Proceedings of the 38th International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS '19) 2019
  DOI: 10.1109/SRDS47363.2019.00026
  URL: https://www4.cs.fau.de/Publications/2019/eischer_19_srds.pdf

2018

• Eibel C., Gulden C., Schröder-Preikschat W., Distler T.:
  Strome: Energy-Aware Data-Stream Processing
  Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (Madrid, 18. Juni 2018 - 21. Juni 2018)
  In: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS '18) 2018
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93767-0_4
• Eischer M., Distler T.:
  Latency-Aware Leader Selection for Geo-Replicated Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Systems
  1st Workshop on Byzantine Consensus and Resilient Blockchains (BCRB '18) (Luxembourg City, 25. Juni 2018 - 28. Juni 2018)
  In: Proceedings of the 48th International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops (DSN-W '18) 2018
  DOI: 10.1109/DSN-W.2018.00053
  URL: https://www4.cs.fau.de/Publications/2018/eischer_18_bcrb.pdf
• Eischer M., Distler T.:
  Scalable Byzantine Fault-tolerant State-Machine Replication on Heterogeneous Servers
  In: Computing (2018), S. 1-22
  ISSN: 0010-485X
  DOI: 10.1007/s00607-018-0652-3
  URL: https://www4.cs.fau.de/Publications/2018/eischer_18_computing.pdf
• Li B., Weichbrodt N., Behl J., Aublin PL., Distler T., Kapitza R.:
  Troxy: Transparent Access to Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Systems
  48th International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN '18) (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 25. Juni 2018 - 28. Juni 2018)
  In: Proceedings of the 48th International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN '18) 2018
  DOI: 10.1109/DSN.2018.00019
  URL: https://www4.cs.fau.de/Publications/2018/li_18_dsn.pdf

2017

• Behl J., Distler T., Kapitza R.:
  Hybster - A Highly Parallelizable Protocol for Hybrid Fault-Tolerant Service Replication
  (2017)
  DOI: 10.24355/dbbs.084-201703031341
  (Techreport)
• Behl J., Distler T., Kapitza R.:
  Hybrids on Steroids: SGX-based High Performance BFT
  EuroSys 2017 (Belgrade)
  In: Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Computer Systems (EuroSys '17) 2017
  URL: https://www4.cs.fau.de/Publications/2017/behl_17_eurosys.pdf

2016

• Distler T., Cachin C., Kapitza R.:
  Resource-efficient Byzantine Fault Tolerance
  In: IEEE Transactions on Computers, Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, 2016, S. 2807-2819 (IEEE Transactions on Computers, Bd.65(9))
  DOI: 10.1109/TC.2015.2495213
  URL: https://www4.cs.fau.de/Publications/2015/distler_15_ieeetc.pdf
• Li B., Xu W., Abid MZ., Distler T., Kapitza R.:
  SAREK: Optimistic Parallel Ordering in Byzantine Fault Tolerance
  EDCC 2016 (Gothenburg)
  In: Proceedings of the 12th European Dependable Computing Conference (EDCC '16) 2016

2015

• Behl J., Distler T., Kapitza R.:
  Consensus-Oriented Parallelization: How to Earn Your First Million
  Middleware 2015 (Vancouver)
  In: Proceedings of the 16th Middleware Conference (Middleware '15) 2015
  DOI: 10.1145/2814576.2814800
  URL: https://www4.cs.fau.de/Publications/2015/behl_15_mw.pdf
• Eibel C., Distler T.:
  Towards Energy-Proportional State-Machine Replication
  14th Workshop on Adaptive and Reflective Middleware (Vancouver)
  In: Proceedings of the 14th Workshop on Adaptive and Reflective Middleware (ARM '15) 2015
  DOI: 10.1145/2834965.2834969
  URL: https://www4.cs.fau.de/Publications/2015/eibel_15_arm.pdf

2014

• Behl J., Distler T., Kapitza R.:
  Scalable BFT for Multi-Cores: Actor-based Decomposition and Consensus-oriented Parallelization
  HotDep 2014 (Broomfield)
  In: Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Hot Topics in System Dependability (HotDep '14) 2014

2012

• Kapitza R., Behl J., Cachin C., Distler T., Kuhnle S., Mohammadi SV., Schröder-Preikschat W., Stengel K.:
  CheapBFT: Resource-efficient Byzantine Fault Tolerance
  EuroSys 2012 (Bern, 10. April 2012 - 13. April 2012)
  In: Proceedings of the EuroSys 2012 Conference (EuroSys '12) 2012
  DOI: 10.1145/2168836.2168866
  URL: http://www4.cs.fau.de/Publications/2012/kapitza_12_eurosys.pdf

2011

• Distler T., Kapitza R.:
  Increasing Performance in Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Systems with On-Demand Replica Consistency
  EuroSys 2011 (Salzburg, 10. April 2011 - 13. April 2011)
  In: Proceedings of the EuroSys 2011 Conference (EuroSys '11) 2011
  DOI: 10.1145/1966445.1966455
  URL: http://eurosys2011.cs.uni-salzburg.at/pdf/eurosys2011-distler.pdf
• Distler T., Kapitza R., Popov I., Reiser H., Schröder-Preikschat W.:
  SPARE: Replicas on Hold
  18th Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS '11) (San Diego)
  In: Proceedings of the 18th Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS '11) 2011
  URL: http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/ndss/11/pdf/8_1.pdf

2010

• Distler T., Kapitza R., Reiser HP.:
  State Transfer for Hypervisor-Based Proactive Recovery of Heterogeneous Replicated Services
  SICHERHEIT '10 (Berlin, 5. Oktober 2010 - 7. Oktober 2010)
  In: Proceedings of the 5th "Sicherheit, Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit" Conference (SICHERHEIT '10) 2010
  URL: http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~distler/publications/distler10state.pdf

2009

• Reiser HP., Distler T., Kapitza R.:
  Functional Decomposition and Interactions in Hybrid Intrusion-tolerant Systems
  In: Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Middleware-Application Interaction (MAI '09) 2009

2008

• Bessani Alysson, Reiser Hans P. , Sousa Paulo, Gashi Ilir, Stankovic Vladimir, Distler Tobias, Kapitza Rüdiger, Daidone Alessandro , Obelheiro Rafael:
  FOREVER: Fault/intrusiOn REmoVal through Evolution & Recovery
  ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware '08 (Leuven, Belgium)
  In: Companion '08: Proceedings of the ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware '08 Conference Companion 2008
  DOI: 10.1145/1462735.1462763
• Distler T., Kapitza R., Reiser HP.:
  Efficient State Transfer for Hypervisor-Based Proactive Recovery
  In: Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Recent Advances on Intrusion-Tolerant Systems (WRAITS '08) 2008