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GGF and Grid Security

Posted by Hemos on from the watching-the-machines-that-watch-us dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Things are changing fast in the grid community. Our communication networks connect millions of systems and billions of individuals on the planet. These myriad systems, and the data they contain, present juicy targets for those who want to steal, damage, corrupt, or otherwise gain unlawful access to those systems."

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  1. It has been some time........ by MrIrwin · · Score: 4, Insightful
    That banking systems have been computerized, and quite a few years that they make extensive use of communications.

    There are ways to protect sensitive data, such as using VPN's rather than the internet for e.g. Doctors accessing hospital records, grid computing etc. Doing everything on the open internet is neither necessary nor desirable.

    I think our software deployment capability exceeds our network architecture design capability.

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    And if you thought that was boring you obviously havn't read my Journal ;-)

  2. Social Engineering? by baudilus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The most secure system int he world won't protect you if your employees aren't trained on how to prevent social engineers from bypassing their security systems anyway. Why spend countless hours trying to hack passwords when you can pretend to be an employee and ask for the info outright? Just take a look at The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick. What a great book...

  3. Jane... by Cyclopedian · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In such a vast network of billions upon billions of bits, all interconnected, would we see an AI emerge such as Jane in Orson Scott Card's Ender Series?

    I wonder what that AI would do upon emerging? Lurk around in silence? Help or harm the human race? Would it develop its own set of laws?

    Or maybe it'll end up being another ELIZA chatbot.

    "What about clueless make you want beer drown?"

    -Cyc

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    1. Re:Jane... by Planesdragon · · Score: 4, Insightful

      In such a vast network of billions upon billions of bits, all interconnected, would we see an AI emerge such as Jane in Orson Scott Card's Ender Series?

      No.

      What we would need for accidental AI evolution is a sufficiently large system with not only billions and billions of bits, but the ability for each individual node in that system to modify the nodes around it.

      The internet will actually be useful for EVERYTHING far before it ever sprouts an AI.

  4. Mod parent up - there is no "grid computing" by Animats · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Is there a "grid community"? So far, "grid computing" seems to be mostly hype by people desperate to develop a new revenue stream. There are few, if any, real buyers of "grid computing" service.

    When you look at case studies of commercial "grid computing", what they're really talking about are dedicated clusters of machines. This is just clustering.

    If "grid computing" were saleable, ISPs would be offering off-peak compute time on their server farms, and people would be buying it. They're not.

    It's time sharing, people. And time sharing is dead.

  5. What use is security when you have an open invite? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There can't be real security if people openly allow access to data on their devices.
    Poor GUI design, insecure appliction defaults and lack of awareness by users all contribute to poor security.

    For example just do a search for boot.ini or inbox.dbx on any p2p program to get an idea of just how many open boxes are out there.