Microsoft Live Mesh: What are the Security Implications?

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Microsoft recently released a tech preview of their new Live Mesh service. This is the ”cloud computing” service we have been waiting for since Ray Ozzie hinted about it in a keynote speech at Microsoft’s Mix conference last March. It enables over-the-Internet file and device synchronization among all your PCs (and eventually your Macs and Windows Mobile devices, too). But with all this sharing going on, what about security? This article takes a look at the security implications of cloud computing in general and Live Mesh in particular, and what mechanisms Microsoft has built in to protect your “meshed” devices and data.

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