According to seti@home (setiathome.berkeley.edu) they are switching to the boinc client/platform. Boinc is a distributed app, which allows you to participate in several projects at once, although i cant connect. One of the reasons seti is switching is it says it is more secure... i dont understand this. Some code is open source, allowing for viruses to spread, bogus versions will be distributed, and its new. Its definetley going to havesecurity failures just like the classic client. The problem is, since ALL the boinc servers run the same BOINC software, if one exploit is discovered the (soon to be) massive web of them are all vulnerable. SETI@home just got DOSed according to zone-h. Now usually DOSing is because people are pissed, or theres a lawsuit or something, the motive seems to be lacking here. Did the aliens do it?
Alien1: Hey man, there gonna find us...
Alien2: Well, maybe we should dos them..
Alien1: What?
Alien1: ouch!
Maybe SCO and microsoft were for good reasons. Also, the BOINC client had more options than the seti client, enabling MORE ways to attack the server.
I would like some opinions on this/these matters. (also, what projects are running, i only know of scripps and seti (for boinc))