[arachne] Re: What is "cloud computing" ???
- From: "Ron Clarke" <ariadne@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:07:00 +1000
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Hi Sam,
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:04:40 -0500 (EST), Sam Ewalt wrote:
>> Now, what if I had had my business records there as well ?
> Well, business records ought to be in more than one "place", that's
> for sure. You think Sydney is safer than Dallas? Depends on your luck.
Probably not safer than Texas. But at least my domains are now hosted
in the same country that I live in. It makes access a lot quicker than
Texas. The hosting company (to whom I pay money) had placed it in the
US, but after the fire they withdrew all the domains they look after and
placed them in Sydney where they have a better chance of monitoring a
local server farm.
> Certainly business documents and works in progress ought to be in
> more places than a vulnerable laptop being carried around the world
> by business travel.
And should never be entrusted to public servants who leave them on
trains !
> I am uneasy myself about Google. Gmail is wildly popular now. At least
> half of the new email addresses I ran across are Gmail. It's a robust
> application, but you have to put up with advertising and it's not
> secure.
I have a gmail address, which I set up just to prove it could be done
in DOS. Of course, Arachne cannot access it. I use Elinks.
> There is no real privacy on the internet.
Yet most ordinary punters don't understand that.
> I've always liked the concept of remote computing, but, as you point
> out there are problems with security and control.
That is where netdos has an advantage - Arachne downloads the
application (which is kept small for that reason) to cache, and runs it
from there. Clear the cache, and the application is gone, but what you
did with it remains behind (if it is a useful application and not just
an entertainment).
Regards,
Ron
Ron Clarke
AUSREG Consultancy http://www.ausreg.com
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