Common misconceptions about database security

AKA reasons why cloud computing is a bad idea: This can easily be renamed "reasons why cloud computing is a bad idea."

People act as if "cloud computing" were some novel, new idea that would somehow bring us enormous benefits. Truth is, it's not. It's just client-server computing in a new, pretty package, and it's the same problems that thin clients etc had, except amplified.

. . . and with stealing database information becoming such a huge problem, whey should I trust these people with my data anyways? Even with "professional" protections, the data always seems to get stolen. This whole thing about "enterprise level" security is total BS. Even if it's 10,000 times better, it's never used, or it's never used properly. Wanna see how silly the whole "security" thing is? Look at how many sites use http instead of https for the login, and still claiming to be "secure." Even banks are doing a horrible job at it. I'm sorry, but right now security in the cloud is a joke.

And when data is successfully stolen from a central database, it's usually got every customer in it. Is it really "better" that there's a single point of failure? Seriously, why do people keep insisting that this is the future? There are zero benefits.; Posted by: CobraA1 Posted on: 05/05/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Good point slavikm | 05/05/08

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