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NIST Studies Virus, DDoS Effect On Grids

Posted by timothy on from the also-bad dept.

Ben writes "Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have launched a new campaign to study the effect of viruses and denial of services attacks on grid computing systems. Specifically, they're developing models to establish vulnerability and find ways of fixing problems. But a grid's very strength -- its distibuted nature -- makes it vulnerable, indeed, they're finding. (Via Science Blog)"

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  1. Article on NIST by Datasage · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2004 _0730.htm#tackling

    Does anyone know anything about the scienceblog.com site? It doesnt seem very reputable considering all the ads and the very obvious SEO technquies (look for the hidden links at the bottom).

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  2. (GNC) Grid's Not Cluster by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Grid computing takes advantage of ''down time'' when computers are not using their full processing power to provide quick answers to problems in fields such as genomics, engineering design and financial services.

    The way I understand it, they're talking about all the cubies in Charles-Schwab and Raython and Citibank, with Folding@Home and Seti clients running as screensavers. Not dedicated clusters; just plain old ordinary workstations.

    And I'd imagine the viruii and worms and DNS outtages all take a serious bite out of their collective assets...