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Can you elaborate?
by throwaway15392 7y ago
Can you elaborate?
- all_blue_chucks 7y agoIf every network connection your system makes authenticates the client to the server, authenticates the server to the client, and encrypts the dataflows then you don't have to worry if your routers are hacked. A typical way to do this is to use TLS, verify certificates, and have a password for the client.
- fulafel 7y agoIt's a well known & age old principle in building networked systems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_compu... (But of course these fallacies are so well known exactly because programmers have proven their inability to reliably internalize them...)