Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of SecurityIssues


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Sep 23, 2007, 12:18:34 PM (17 years ago)
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Didactylos
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  • SecurityIssues

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    3838 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.
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    40  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.
     40 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.
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    4242'''Theft of participant account information by network attack'''
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    44  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.
     44 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.
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    4646'''Theft of project files'''