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Wait, the GCHQ has a GitHub profile where they share a Graph Database engine. Interesting.

by cm3 10y ago

bshimmin 10y ago
"Gaffer's Accumulo Store is optimised for: Ingesting large amounts of data efficiently." For some reason that made me feel slightly nervous.
- sievebrain 10y ago
  Well it's not a secret anymore why GCHQ/NSA need large graph databases.
  - knorker 10y ago
    When was it?
    - based2 10y ago
      http://accumulo.apache.org/ http://accumulo.apache.org/ https://nifi.apache.org/ https://nifi.apache.org/
      - knorker 10y ago
        I mean when was it a secret that and why GCHQ needed large graph databases? It's kinda obvious.
jjp 10y ago
Think it was announced a few months ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10732609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10732609
th0br0 10y ago
The sad thing is that they seem to be developing Gaffer on Windows. At least most files in the repo have the +x bit set...
kirykl 10y ago
NSA has a linux distro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-Enhanced_Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-Enhanced_Linux
- xrorre 10y ago
  Qubes is exponetially superior to this distro. Open that PDF in a disposable Fedora sandbox, and physically disable the network plz
  - justinclift 10y ago
    Because sandbox escapes aren't a thing GCHQ would have any knowledge of yeah? /s
  - abk77 10y ago
    yes qubes is
- floatboth 10y ago
  SELinux is not a distro. It's an Linux Security Module (Mandatory Access Control thing) that comes with the upstream kernel that sysadmins need to STOP TURNING OFF: http://stopdisablingselinux.com http://stopdisablingselinux.com There are alternatives though. SELinux was designed for big machines with multiple physical users. You can use it with pretty much any scenario (and Android uses it for sandboxing apps), but AppArmor is much easier for common personal desktops and web servers. On FreeBSD and Darwin, the similar thing is TrustedBSD: http://www.trustedbsd.org/mac.html http://www.trustedbsd.org/mac.html

Wait, the GCHQ has a GitHub profile where they share a Graph Database engine. Interesting.

by cm3 10y ago

Wait, the GCHQ has a GitHub profile where they share a Graph Database engine. Interesting.

"Gaffer's Accumulo Store is optimised for: Ingesting large amounts of data efficiently." For some reason that made me feel slightly nervous.

sievebrain 10y ago
Well it's not a secret anymore why GCHQ/NSA need large graph databases.
- knorker 10y ago
  When was it?
  - based2 10y ago
    http://accumulo.apache.org/ http://accumulo.apache.org/ https://nifi.apache.org/ https://nifi.apache.org/
    - knorker 10y ago
      I mean when was it a secret that and why GCHQ needed large graph databases? It's kinda obvious.

jjp 10y ago

Think it was announced a few months ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10732609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10732609

th0br0 10y ago

The sad thing is that they seem to be developing Gaffer on Windows. At least most files in the repo have the +x bit set...

kirykl 10y ago

NSA has a linux distro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-Enhanced_Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-Enhanced_Linux

xrorre 10y ago
Qubes is exponetially superior to this distro. Open that PDF in a disposable Fedora sandbox, and physically disable the network plz
- justinclift 10y ago
  Because sandbox escapes aren't a thing GCHQ would have any knowledge of yeah? /s
- abk77 10y ago
  yes qubes is
floatboth 10y ago
SELinux is not a distro. It's an Linux Security Module (Mandatory Access Control thing) that comes with the upstream kernel that sysadmins need to STOP TURNING OFF: http://stopdisablingselinux.com http://stopdisablingselinux.com There are alternatives though. SELinux was designed for big machines with multiple physical users. You can use it with pretty much any scenario (and Android uses it for sandboxing apps), but AppArmor is much easier for common personal desktops and web servers. On FreeBSD and Darwin, the similar thing is TrustedBSD: http://www.trustedbsd.org/mac.html http://www.trustedbsd.org/mac.html