From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <004701c36377$96965b00$2248dec2@falken> From: "Chris Hollis-Locke" To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> References: Subject: Re: [9fans] The 9grid. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:52:56 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1aa0aba6-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 >the GRID definition that i like most is 'distributed computing across >administration domains' Ok, the various nodes of 9grid will come under different admin domains but isn't there a single overarching domain - that for authentication, and who is responsible for it? Also, I think you're wimping out by not using NAT and firewalls wherever possible! :) Chris.