Is it safe to rely on extensive use of remote PCs?
It’s safe to make maximum use of remote PC power because of Base One’s ability to absolutely control what can be executed on each machine, and where those programs reside. (The only variables are when a pre-defined module may be executed and what data is to be passed to it.). You don’t need crippling “sand boxing” restrictions to protect PCs, since the grid computing middleware only runs programs that it knows about, i.e. those that have been statically linked to the executable. Within a corporate network, the grid application can run efficiently from a secure file server, also making program maintenance more convenient. This is entirely different from the less controlled browser applet model, where new programs can arrive from across the Internet and be executed at any time. The Base One architecture does not transmit program applets (which, for example, must be prevented from accessing the filing system). Instead, grid computing applications use efficient compiled programs that are r
