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Again lots of interesting points. Only time for one response. You highlight networking but I also mentioned databases. Schematizing your comment "Our... syste
by jedharris 8y ago
Again lots of interesting points. Only time for one response.
You highlight networking but I also mentioned databases. Schematizing your comment "Our... systems "mostly work" because... the difference between a perfectly coordinated... system and a purely chaotic... system... is actually rather small".
I think banks and customers would disagree rather violently regarding the (distributed, asynchronous) system that handles credit card transactions.
And yet this system is certainly subject to a lot of attacks, not just random errors.
- KirinDave 8y ago> I think banks and customers would disagree rather violently regarding the (distributed, asynchronous) system that handles credit card transactions. Do they? Most customers accept without question the idea that they have an "available" balance distinct from their "current" balance. It's also the case that when attacked the system typically fails and then the fungibility of currency combined with the massive power of insurance is used to pave over it.