On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 1:49 AM, David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 26/03/2018 6:58 AM, John McKown wrote:
>
>> Well, my analysis of the files (using the Linux "file") command seems to
>> bear out that this is a "pure Java" implementation. I could never the the
>> Maven project to run to completion. Oh, Maven is a "make" for Java
>> projects.
>>
>
> Maven is a bit more than just a build tool as it's also a package manager.
> It's showing its age a bit now as you can probably tell from the fact is
> uses XML.
> It's quite extraordinary just how massive the Java ecosystem is! There are
> 225,964 unique artifacts indexed on Maven central!!
>
> But I did find a Linux repository which worked on my Linux/Intel
>> Fedora system (see below). This came with all the files that I needed to
>> get the database server started. For the Community version, there
>> basically
>> isn't much security. All you can do is allow access by creating an ID and
>> password. There is no way to "grant" any authorities, so everybody who is
>> defined to the system can do what they want with the data. {shudder}.
>>
>
> That's pretty much the same security model for all the NoSQL data bases
> I've come across. Redis, MongoDB, Aerospike etc. In theory the database
> servers should
> be behind a firewall and secured but the reality can be quite shocking
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/09/mongodb/.
So NoSQL implies NoSecurity as well. And the "webbies" think this is
acceptable? I don't know whether to laugh (as the house implodes) or cry
(as my money disappears).
>
>
> Another {shudder}, at least for me, is that the design is "one graph
>> (database) per server". This has been complained about for years now and
>> is
>> still a restriction. Of course, since you can have a ginormous graph
>> database, this is more a backup / recovery concern than a size concern.
>>
>
>
--
I have a theory that it's impossible to prove anything, but I can't prove
it.
Maranatha! <><
John McKown
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