Using virtualization to protect the proprietary material science applications in volunteer computing
| Autor: | Valery V. Rozen, Artem I. Samtsevich, Artem R. Oganov, Mikhail Posypkin, Vladimir A. Sukhomlin, Nikolay P. Khrapov |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Environmental Engineering
Aerospace Engineering uspex 010402 general chemistry computer.software_genre 01 natural sciences boinc computational materials design Volunteer computing 0103 physical sciences vasp General Materials Science Electrical and Electronic Engineering 010306 general physics Civil and Structural Engineering Physics Mechanical Engineering Virtualization Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) virtualization structure prediction 0104 chemical sciences Operating system TA1-2040 computer optimization |
| Zdroj: | Open Engineering, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 57-60 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2391-5439 |
| Popis: | USPEX is a world-leading software for computational material design. In essence, USPEX splits simulation into a large number of workunits that can be processed independently. This scheme ideally fits the desktop grid architecture. Workunit processing is done by a simulation package aimed at energy minimization. Many of such packages are proprietary and should be protected from unauthorized access when running on a volunteer PC. In this paper we present an original approach based on virtualization. In a nutshell, the proprietary code and input files are stored in an encrypted folder and run inside a virtual machine image that is also password protected. The paper describes this approach in detail and discusses its application in USPEX@home volunteer project. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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