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Unfortunately not open sourced (yet). The main reason is because we're physicists, not web security experts (although I do have some background in this). I was
by cshimmin 10y ago
Unfortunately not open sourced (yet). The main reason is because we're physicists, not web security experts (although I do have some background in this). I was afraid that if we open source the code and make the protocol way too obvious, the bar will be just too low for some troll to spam our data acquisition servers, making it hard for us to do science. So for now we're kind of relying on good-old "security through obscurity".
In the future we hope to harden the online system further, and eventually open source the code for both the android/iOS apps, as well as the online website which functions as a high-throughput distributed DAQ with online analytics.
- privong 10y agoHave you thought about trying to partner with someone to do a Google Summer of Code (or something similar) for this? It seems specific and targeted enough that it might have a chance of getting support.
- cshimmin 10y agoThat's a really cool idea, I don't think we've even considered this before. If you have information about how to get this kind of thing going, please get in touch! (My email is my hn username at cern.ch)
- privong 10y agoI've not been involved with SoC myself, but check out the website: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/ https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/ Unfortunately the deadline for this summer has already passed.