@inproceedings{18581a0f3cb4424cbac1c5c76f4e861d,
title = "FlashPatch: Spreading software updates over flash drives in under-connected regions",
abstract = "We present the design and implementation of FlashPatch, a system which exploits the ubiquity of USB drives-normally a vector for virus transmission-to facilitate the distribution of software updates. Our system spreads software updates to offline machines by having the updates {"}piggy-back{"} on the existing circulation of USB flash drives. We discuss the techncial and ethical issues involved in the deployment of such a system and we describe the results of preliminary field testing in rural Ghana.",
keywords = "Anti-virus, Development, Security, Software updates",
author = "Henry Corrigan-Gibbs and Jay Chen",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1145/2537052.2537067",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781450325585",
series = "Proceedings of the 4th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development, ACM DEV 2013",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 4th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development, ACM DEV 2013",
note = "4th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development, ACM DEV 2013 ; Conference date: 06-12-2013 Through 07-12-2013",
}