[cfarm-users] Compile Farm acceptable usage

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 12:46 PM Zach van Rijn via cfarm-users
<cfarm-users at lists.tetaneutral.net> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2024-12-29 at 23:55 -0600, Jacob Bachmeyer via cfarm-
> users wrote:
> > On 12/29/24 19:51, Zach van Rijn via cfarm-users wrote:
> > > ...
> >
> > Was this one incident or multiple incidents?  By the same user
> > or multiple accounts?  Long-standing or new accounts?
>
> Fortunately, no account was compromised; the software was being
> run by the authorized user. Supposedly not mining cryptocurrency
> but testing related software (still being investigated).
>
> We are evaluating whether to wholesale ban all crypto-related
> software to avoid this type of confusion, even if it is FOSS,
> has low resource consumption, and is not being used for profit.

Forgive my ignorance... when you say "crypto-related," do you mean
just "cryptocurrency" or "mining" operations? Or does that include
cryptographic libraries like Botan, Crypto++ and OpenSSL.

If it includes cryptographic libraries, then I think it is casting too
large a net. For these libraries, 'make test' should finish within
minutes. They should not run for days, weeks or months.

> Discussions ongoing.
>
> This is to reiterate that Farm machines are monitored, and that
> any suspicious activity may be grounds for immediate suspension
> of an account while the activity is investigated.

Jeff