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cs350-lecture-08-distributed-systems.mp3

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02:14So when we talk about consensus in a distributed system, we're really asking: how does a group of machines agree on a single value, even when some of them might be slow, unreliable, or actively lying?

04:38The classic example is the Byzantine Generals Problem. Lamport's 1982 paper — and you'll want this for the exam — proved that you need at least 3f+1 nodes to tolerate f Byzantine failures.

12:05Raft, which we'll cover in detail next week, deliberately sidesteps Byzantine assumptions. It assumes crash-stop failures only. This is why Raft is so much simpler than PBFT.

22:30For the assignment due Friday: implement leader election in Raft. You don't need log replication yet — that's next week.

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Core concept: Consensus in distributed systems — agreeing on a single value despite slow, unreliable, or adversarial nodes.
Exam point: 3f+1 nodes required to tolerate f Byzantine failures (Lamport, 1982).
Algorithms covered: Byzantine Generals Problem (introduced), Raft (simplified, crash-stop only), PBFT (mentioned for contrast).
Assignment: Implement leader election in Raft, due Friday. Log replication deferred to next week.

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