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Re: [DotGNU]VRS architecture docs
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Norbert Bollow |
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Re: [DotGNU]VRS architecture docs |
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Tue, 12 Feb 2002 16:12:50 +0100 |
> Keeping in mind that we are developing specifications
> here, not implementations at this point, your right.
> Protecting the LDS from attack from a host machine,
> especially from the root of the host, is going to be
> very challenging, if in fact it's possible.
I think that that is probably the first question that we should
answer, whether this is impossible or just very challenging.
I personally don't think that it'll be possible... and if this
is correct, then we can save a lot of effort by not trying. In
particular, debugging will be so much easier if we can use a
standard directory structure. It will also be much easier to
achieve good performance and reliability when all data is stored
completely at every node.
> Of course, talking about security is always a matter
> of degree. We can only make things more difficult to
> break into, never impossible.
I think we should enumerate the conceivable attack scenarios
that the system tries to protect against, and those for which we
know that we don't offer protection.
Greetings, Norbert.
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