Re: [tor-relays] OT: folding@home
Some thoughts on the security of crowdsourced computing: Installing additional software increases the attack surface of your relay, even more so when the new software access the network. (Not to mention any additional libraries.) There is also the issue of the security of automatic updates to the any executables - Folding@home may have less of an issue with this than BOINC, as there is only one project involved. If you're willing to accept the additional risk, it seems like a worthy cause. (There's also a minor additional power cost, which really only impacts your provider and the environment…)
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 12:54:24 +0100 From: mikael <mikael@gutanet.sk>
Hi, some years ago I contributed to https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/ via BOINC (https://boinc.berkeley.edu/) but stoped. Forgive my paranoia, but I couldn't find proof that it really helps what they write, that the provided cpu power could doesn't land at NSA for example :/
Any different experience?
On 12/26/14 6:55 PM, Sebastian Urbach wrote: Dear list members,
I would like to invite any operator, who has some idle Cores (CPU or GPU) left,to join the folding@home distributed computing project:
There is now a brandnew team called Tor Project (Unofficial) with the id 227615. Hope to see some of you there :-)
On 12/27/2014 01:19 PM, teor wrote:
Some thoughts on the security of crowdsourced computing:
Installing additional software increases the attack surface of your relay, even more so when the new software access the network. (Not to mention any additional libraries.) There is also the issue of the security of automatic updates to the any executables - Folding@home may have less of an issue with this than BOINC, as there is only one project involved.
Right on cue maybe somebody can comment on this ? : http://www.zwiebeltoralf.de/torserver/cep2/index.html
If you're willing to accept the additional risk, it seems like a worthy cause.
(There's also a minor additional power cost, which really only impacts your provider and the environment…)
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 12:54:24 +0100 From: mikael <mikael@gutanet.sk <mailto:mikael@gutanet.sk>>
Hi, some years ago I contributed to https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/ via BOINC (https://boinc.berkeley.edu/) but stoped. Forgive my paranoia, but I couldn't find proof that it really helps what they write, that the provided cpu power could doesn't land at NSA for example :/
Any different experience?
On 12/26/14 6:55 PM, Sebastian Urbach wrote: Dear list members,
I would like to invite any operator, who has some idle Cores (CPU or GPU) left,to join the folding@home distributed computing project:
There is now a brandnew team called Tor Project (Unofficial) with the id 227615. Hope to see some of you there :-)
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