Was wondering when the B-word would be dropped... for me to then ask... is this a case for something like Raft consesus protocol? I'm talking only theory-wise. As far as solving the OP's problem, it may be a bit of a tangential thought.
- KB ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, August 12th, 2021 at 2:48 PM, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote: > Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw wrote: > > > Looking through the various answers here, I note that someone has > > > > mentioned the need for some kind of security, so that others cannot > > > > trigger actions they are not supposed to. > > > > I think those security issues conflict with your requirement to run > > > > synchronisation without any authorisation. > > I don't think that's a given. As long as the participants in this > > synchronization network can establish and maintain trust with one another, > > that should be fine even if none of them are particularly trusted by > > anything else outside their circle. Metaphorically it's like a secret > > society. DLTs (Blockchain networks) generally operate this way, for > > example. (I'm not necessarily suggesting a DLT-based approach in this > > case.) > > Have we learned yet whether or not it's acceptable if this synchronization > > network provides different answers if you ask different nodes the same > > question at exactly the same time? For example, if you have a 3 node > > network then hypothetically you could ask a question and if a majority of > > the nodes (2 out of 3) agree on a common answer, that's a valid answer. As > > another example, if the "truth" is 5 minutes out of date, that's OK, and a > > node will take some action if it isn't able to check in with its peers and > > maintain truth-consensus within 5 minute intervals. > > ....There are a LOT of possible options. > > Timothy Sipples > > I.T. Architect Executive > > Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions > > IBM Z & LinuxONE > > E-Mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
