Preliminary Structure of the first two chapters

1. Introduction

1.1 Problem Statement

1.2 Thesis Goals

3. Research Method

4. Thesis Audience.

5. Thesis Structure and Organization

2. Background and Related Work

3. 2.1 Introduction to TrustCoM??

2.2 Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

2.3 Virtual Organizations

2.4 Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

2.5 Contract Signing Protocols

2.5.1 With Online Third Trusted-Party (TTP)

2.5.2 Without TTP

2.5.3 With Optimistic TTP (Offline)

2.6 Security requirements and Assumptions

References

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