Raziel
Dark Jedi Spymaster
Intent: To continue crafting new tools for Spynet
Development Thread:
Manufacturer: Spynet Cuber Warfare
Model: JACKAL code
Affiliation: Spynet
Modularity: Yes. Can be upgraded/modified as it is a coding technique.
Production: Limited (could be freely copied, but limited to Spynet agents)
Material: N/A
Description: JACKAL is the latest development from Spynet’s significant cyber warfare division. One of the problems for field slicers is having access to the resources required to complete tasks. Often agents have been in enemy territory, with just a datapad, or smaller device that simply hasn’t got the grunt to carry out the operations required to, for example, break encryption, or run code that exploits weaknesses in a target system.
JACKAL is the work of a team of mathematicians and computer scientists with backgrounds in cryptography. This code is a method of homomorphic encryption that allows a client device to send data to a much larger server which can carry out operations, without knowledge of the data being processed. This could enable a Spynet agent to use a small terminal and execute code on a nearby server, without the server being able to understand what data it’s been sent, or the nature of the code it’s running.
There are several drawbacks. An agent with a small device, will still need a data connection to a server. This could be unfeasible, or give the agent’s position away. The operations being carried out on the server may also have a particular signature which, with significant research, could allow execution of JACKAL code to be noticed. However, parallel development is already ongoing for COYOTE, which is a similar solution to the same problem.
Spynet will be purchasing agreements with public cloud computing providers across the Galaxy. Using JACKAL will give agents access to serious computational power wherever they are, for whatever means they need.
OOC Assumptions: We don’t know exactly how Star Wars computing works, or the technology base. No idea if they use our view of binary or quantum logic gates. I’ve been deliberately vague but this capability should probably be possible whatever is used. I've said a manual encryption technique, but it could well be something more intrinsic to star wars tech, happy to adapt the sub to what seems sensible!
*Note: this is NOT to be used as a carte blanche slicing mechanism. It simply gives the user access to more power, if, for example, they’ve had to resort to using a hand-held device for slicing.
Real world paper: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.06730
Further Reading: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26918-add-a-dash-of-quantum-for-secure-cloud-computing.html#.VNTWiy6MFyG
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Development Thread:
Manufacturer: Spynet Cuber Warfare
Model: JACKAL code
Affiliation: Spynet
Modularity: Yes. Can be upgraded/modified as it is a coding technique.
Production: Limited (could be freely copied, but limited to Spynet agents)
Material: N/A
Description: JACKAL is the latest development from Spynet’s significant cyber warfare division. One of the problems for field slicers is having access to the resources required to complete tasks. Often agents have been in enemy territory, with just a datapad, or smaller device that simply hasn’t got the grunt to carry out the operations required to, for example, break encryption, or run code that exploits weaknesses in a target system.
JACKAL is the work of a team of mathematicians and computer scientists with backgrounds in cryptography. This code is a method of homomorphic encryption that allows a client device to send data to a much larger server which can carry out operations, without knowledge of the data being processed. This could enable a Spynet agent to use a small terminal and execute code on a nearby server, without the server being able to understand what data it’s been sent, or the nature of the code it’s running.
There are several drawbacks. An agent with a small device, will still need a data connection to a server. This could be unfeasible, or give the agent’s position away. The operations being carried out on the server may also have a particular signature which, with significant research, could allow execution of JACKAL code to be noticed. However, parallel development is already ongoing for COYOTE, which is a similar solution to the same problem.
Spynet will be purchasing agreements with public cloud computing providers across the Galaxy. Using JACKAL will give agents access to serious computational power wherever they are, for whatever means they need.
OOC Assumptions: We don’t know exactly how Star Wars computing works, or the technology base. No idea if they use our view of binary or quantum logic gates. I’ve been deliberately vague but this capability should probably be possible whatever is used. I've said a manual encryption technique, but it could well be something more intrinsic to star wars tech, happy to adapt the sub to what seems sensible!
*Note: this is NOT to be used as a carte blanche slicing mechanism. It simply gives the user access to more power, if, for example, they’ve had to resort to using a hand-held device for slicing.
Real world paper: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.06730
Further Reading: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26918-add-a-dash-of-quantum-for-secure-cloud-computing.html#.VNTWiy6MFyG
Primary Source:[SIZE=9pt] (Please link the source of another writer's submission that you are modifying for your use; only necessary for "Chaos Canon" submissions) [/SIZE]
