Thanks Derrick & Rom for the replies. (And I know that there is code signing too - but if the code downloaded to the clients from the known source is malicious, looks like it is quite hard for BOINC to block those attacks...)
Rayson ================================= Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine http://gridscheduler.sourceforge.net/ Scalable Grid Engine Support Program http://www.scalablelogic.com/ On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Rom Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > The BOINC Client roughly follows the same model as on *nix when > installed with the protected application execution mode. Use of GPUs > prevent us from making it the default install type. > > See: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/ClientSetupLogicWinSix > > ----- Rom > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rayson Ho > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [boinc_dev] BOINC Sandbox > > I googled trying to look for information related to security sanboxing, > and I found this page: > > http://boinc.berkeley.edu/sandbox.php > > However, on Windows *if* the code downloaded to the clients has code > that performs malicious attacks, is there a sandbox that blocks those > attacks? > > Rayson > > ================================= > Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine > http://gridscheduler.sourceforge.net/ > > Scalable Grid Engine Support Program > http://www.scalablelogic.com/ > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. -- ================================================== Open Grid Scheduler - The Official Open Source Grid Engine http://gridscheduler.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
