[iwar] From Risks - the 8 falacies of distributed computing...

From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net>
Date: Tue Dec 09 2003 - 16:34:21 PST

Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 09:33:10 -0800
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Subject: The Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing

The Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing
Peter Deutsch

Essentially everyone, when they first build a distributed application, makes
the following eight assumptions. All prove to be false in the long run and
all cause big trouble and painful learning experiences.

1. The network is reliable
2. Latency is zero
3. Bandwidth is infinite
4. The network is secure
5. Topology doesn't change
6. There is one administrator
7. Transport cost is zero
8. The network is homogeneous

http://web.archive.org/web/20030208015752/http://java.sun.com/people/jag/Fallacies.html

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