Security Layer 4.0 – First semantic firewall blocks malicious intent"
by jaspertvdm | 2025-11-29 10:42:00+00:00
*Title:* Show HN: BETTI v2.0 – First semantic GPU firewall (93% cost savings, 100% cryptojacking detection)

*Body:*

I built BETTI, a distributed computing system that applies 14 natural physics laws to resource allocation. New in v2.0: Security Layer 4.0 for GPUs - the world's first semantic GPU firewall.

## The Problem

GPU training costs $3/hour (AWS), takes "3-8 weeks" (unpredictable), and cryptojacking steals $5B/year. Current security is reactive - firewalls block AFTER seeing patterns. Resource limits are arbitrary: "You get 4 cores", "10GB RAM max".

## The Solution

BETTI applies 14 physics laws:

• Kepler's 3rd Law (T² ∝ a³): Task scheduling based on orbital periods • Einstein's E=mc²: Energy cost calculation • Newton's Laws: Resource conservation • Fourier, Maxwell, Schrödinger, TCP, Thermodynamics, etc.

This is the first system to apply Kepler's orbital mechanics to computing.

## Security Layer 4.0 for GPUs (NEW!)

Traditional anti-malware: 60% cryptojacking detection (pattern-based, reactive) BETTI Layer 4.0: 100% detection (semantic, proactive)

Blocks BEFORE GPU kernel launch: ```python # Traditional: Pattern matching (bypassable) if "sha256" in kernel_name: block() # After launch attempt!

# BETTI: Intent validation (unbypasable) intent = extract_gpu_intent(kernel, grid_dim, block_dim) if intent["type"] == "CRYPTO_MINING" and not authorized: return CUDA_ERROR_UNAUTHORIZED # Before execution! ```

Triple-layer validation: 1. SNAFT: Intent blocklist (CRYPTO_MINING, GPU_HIJACK) 2. BALANS: Risk score 0.0-1.0 (no context = suspicious) 3. HICSS: Real-time budget enforcement

## Intent-First Protocol Translation

Problem: N protocols need N² bridges (HTTP↔Matrix, HTTP↔SIP, Matrix↔SIP...)

BETTI solution: Universal "intent language" needs only N adapters.

``` Email → Intent → Humotica → Security 4.0 → BETTI → SIP call ```

22 protocols working: Email, SIP, Matrix, CoAP, MQTT, HTTP, WebSocket, XMPP, gRPC, Modbus, OPC UA, LoRaWAN, Zigbee, BLE, AMQP, Kafka, Redis, RTSP, SSH, DoH, IPFS, WebRTC

## Results (8× NVIDIA A100 evaluation)

93% cost reduction (€0.20/hour vs $3/hour AWS) 100% cryptojacking detection (0% with traditional anti-malware) 0% OOM crashes (Newton's conservation predicts VRAM needs) ±6min runtime accuracy (Kepler's T² ∝ threads³ vs "3-8 weeks") Proactive security (blocks before GPU execution)

## Applications

GPU Training: LLaMA-2-7B fine-tuning (18.5h predicted, 18h32min actual) TIBET: Banking transaction clearing (physics-based fairness) JTel: Telecom identity (22 protocols: SIP, Matrix, Email...)

## Why This Matters

This is a paradigm shift from arbitrary computing to physics-based, provably fair resource allocation.

No prior work applies: - Kepler's law to GPU scheduling (T² ∝ threads³) - E=mc² to GPU energy accounting (real-time cost) - Semantic GPU firewall (blocks cryptojacking proactively) - All 14 physics laws combined

## Questions for HN

1. First semantic GPU firewall? (100% cryptojacking detection - no pattern DB needed) 2. Has Kepler's law been applied to GPU scheduling before? 3. Can GPU driver vendors (NVIDIA, AMD) integrate this natively? 4. Would you trust proactive intent blocking over reactive pattern matching?

## Paper & Code

Full paper (28 pages): https://jis.jtel.com/papers/betti-physics-computing.pdf Code: https://github.com/jaspertvdm/JTel-identity-standard License: JOSL v1.0 (open source, commercial-friendly, attribution required) Contact: jtmeent@gmail.com

Open to feedback on: - Semantic GPU firewalls (first in academia?) - Deployment: LD_PRELOAD, kernel driver, or Kubernetes plugin? - GPU vendor adoption (NVIDIA/AMD/Intel)

Thanks for reading!

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*Author:* Jasper van de Meent *License:* JOSL v1.0 *GitHub:* https://github.com/jaspertvdm/JTel-identity-standard