Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of SecurityIssues

Timestamp:

Sep 23, 2007, 12:18:34 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Didactylos

Comment:

Typos

SecurityIssues

@@ -38 +38 @@
  Each project must address theft of private account information (e.g. email addresses) using conventional security practices. All server machines should be protected by a firewall, and should have all unused network services disabled. Access to these machines should be done only with encrypted protocols like SSH. The machines should be subjected to regular security audits.
 
- Projects should be undertaken only the organizations that have sufficient expertise and resources to secure their servers. A successful attack could discredit all BOINC-based projects, and public-participation computing in general.
+ Projects should be undertaken only by organizations that have sufficient expertise and resources to secure their servers. A successful attack could discredit all BOINC-based projects, and public-participation computing in general.
 
 '''Theft of participant account information by network attack'''
 
- Attackers sniffing network traffic could get user's account keys, and use them to get the user's email address, or change the user's preferences. BOINC does nothing to prevent this.
+ Attackers sniffing network traffic could get a user's account key, and use them to get the user's email address, or change the user's preferences. BOINC does nothing to prevent this.
 
 '''Theft of project files'''