Posts from November 2014

State of Computer Security, 2014 Edition

bitcoin security November 30, 2014 at 09:17 AM Emin Gün Sirer
State of computer security remains dismal, as evidenced by the lengths Bitcoin users must go through to secure their digital assets.

On the Futility of Custom Consistency Models

hyperdex nosql consistency November 28, 2014 at 09:57 PM Emin Gün Sirer
Custom consistency models, which differ on how weak they are, are no good if they can't outperform strong consistency.

Time for Better Security for NoSQL

nosql hyperdex security opsec release November 23, 2014 at 11:25 AM Robert Escriva and Emin Gün Sirer
It's time to secure data in NoSQL databases with strong guarantees, at fine granularity, and with low overhead. Macaroons, from Google, are designed for this purpose. This post shows have Macaroons can be used in HyperDex to secure NoSQL data.

HyperDex 1.5.0: Authorization

hyperdex release security November 20, 2014 at 01:40 PM Robert Escriva
HyperDex 1.5.0 release, with authorization