Do we have a Boinc virus?

I have a bad feeling about Carsten Giese, though. Can't be sure because of the lack of information.

I have a bad feeling about Carsten Giese, though. Can't be sure because of the lack of information.

We can't be sure because we don't know if Carsten is guilty of writing a trojan, or guilty of not being careful with his account keys.

It wouldn't be that much harder to write a trojan to collect account keys.

think about following thought:

if i would like to increase my credits, am i willing to write a trojan or worm? No. But if i can, i also know that with a simple check everyone can find the account which is getting the results.....so it would be too easy to find me.

I do not think he is responsible for this worm as he would also know that someone will discover that the credits are going to a specific account.

It would be too apparent and every worm writer would like to keep his real identity confidental.

The part that is questionable to me would be; why would someone go to the trouble of writing a trojan that has a Seti payload and give credit to someone other than his/herself?

think about following thought:

if i would like to increase my credits, am i willing to write a trojan or worm? No. But if i can, i also know that with a simple check everyone can find the account which is getting the results.....so it would be too easy to find me.

I do not think he is responsible for this worm as he would also know that someone will discover that the credits are going to a specific account.

It would be too apparent and every worm writer would like to keep his real identity confidental.

I tend to agree, a virus writer could of just done it to cause mayhem within SETI if that was the intention then it worked just look at this post.

Everyone has jumped to the conclusion it was written to increase credits when it could so easily of been something to start up a heated debate

The smart thing about this whole sceme is having affected only those who where to ignorant to find out and finding there way to this forum. ;-) LOL
Exept for one ? No pun intended.

One way to keep an eye on those that want to cheat or have their system taken over is for SETI to do away with the "Hide Computers" option. Making all computer available for viewing would allow problems to be seen before they get out of hand like this one. I've never understood why people want to hide their computers. No information other than the type of system, OS and WU's are

One way to keep an eye on those that want to cheat or have their system taken over is for SETI to do away with the "Hide Computers" option. Making all computer available for viewing would allow problems to be seen before they get out of hand like this one. I've never understood why people want to hide their computers. No information other than the type of system, OS and WU's are

I applaud this proposal. For the more paranoid, I'd allow hiding the OS version, but that's about all. There is indeed no reason to hide the hosts, unless you cheat in some way or install BOINC illegally on computers without permission.

I don't even think you need to hide the OS version. If I don't know the IP of your machine, knowing what OS you have is moot.

I don't even think you need to hide the OS version. If I don't know the IP of your machine, knowing what OS you have is moot.

Sure, I do not argue that. I am telling it should be the maximum to be allowed to hide - some people may be for example ashamed to be using Windows although claiming to be Unix gurus never touching a Windows box ;)

How would un-hiding someone’s computers help in telling if they are up to something fishy? If Carsten’s machines were not hidden it would have only shown him adding more systems to his ID, correct? No real information available to show who the machines actually belonged to.

I do not hide my machines as there is no sensitive information shown to be worried about. Others choose to hide theirs for whatever reason they might have; it’s just a personal choice. Just because someone’s machines are not viewable to you does not mean they are up to no good.

Am I missing something here?

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How would un-hiding someone’s computers help in telling if they are up to something fishy? If Carsten’s machines were not hidden it would have only shown him adding more systems to his ID, correct? No real information available to show who the machines actually belonged to.

I do not hide my machines as there is no sensitive information shown to be worried about. Others choose to hide theirs for whatever reason they might have; it’s just a personal choice. Just because someone’s machines are not viewable to you does not mean they are up to no good.

Am I missing something here?

There may be another victim that may need to be looked at posted on the BOINC core client Board

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I applaud this proposal. For the more paranoid, I'd allow hiding the OS version, but that's about all. There is indeed no reason to hide the hosts, unless you cheat in some way or install BOINC illegally on computers without permission.