On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 1:49 AM, David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 26/03/2018 6:58 AM, John McKown wrote: > >> Well, my analysis of the files (using the Linux "file") command seems to >> bear out that this is a "pure Java" implementation. I could never the the >> Maven project to run to completion. Oh, Maven is a "make" for Java >> projects. >> > > Maven is a bit more than just a build tool as it's also a package manager. > It's showing its age a bit now as you can probably tell from the fact is > uses XML. > It's quite extraordinary just how massive the Java ecosystem is! There are > 225,964 unique artifacts indexed on Maven central!! > > But I did find a Linux repository which worked on my Linux/Intel >> Fedora system (see below). This came with all the files that I needed to >> get the database server started. For the Community version, there >> basically >> isn't much security. All you can do is allow access by creating an ID and >> password. There is no way to "grant" any authorities, so everybody who is >> defined to the system can do what they want with the data. {shudder}. >> > > That's pretty much the same security model for all the NoSQL data bases > I've come across. Redis, MongoDB, Aerospike etc. In theory the database > servers should > be behind a firewall and secured but the reality can be quite shocking > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/09/mongodb/. So NoSQL implies NoSecurity as well. And the "webbies" think this is acceptable? I don't know whether to laugh (as the house implodes) or cry (as my money disappears). > > > Another {shudder}, at least for me, is that the design is "one graph >> (database) per server". This has been complained about for years now and >> is >> still a restriction. Of course, since you can have a ginormous graph >> database, this is more a backup / recovery concern than a size concern. >> > > -- I have a theory that it's impossible to prove anything, but I can't prove it. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN