Comment by kube-system
1 year ago
Wordpress clearly does not meet the definition of IaaS in the document.
> provides processing, storage, networks, or other fundamental computing resources, and with which the consumer is able to deploy and run software that is not predefined, including operating systems and applications
Services like Github Actions, Google Collab, and web-based IDEs likely meet this definition though as it lets users execute their own custom code on their cloud. So basically all developer stuff may require an ID check.
That was just part of the definition that I quoted.
In the full context, it is quite clear it is targeting things like EC2, dedicated hosting, etc.
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-01580/p-46
I don't think it's reasonable to read this as if MS Excel qualifies as an IaaS.
Does Scratch count?
Can you not add plugins to Wordpress?
You cannot install Debian or Windows 11 on Wordpress.
It applies to any "software that is not predefined". An OS is just an non-exhaustive example of one type of software that applies.
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"and applications", not just operating systems.
I think it’s most reasonable to read that as “includes [all of these examples]” not “excludes if it can’t [any of these examples]”
AWS Lambda would clearly (IMO) be in-scope as IaaS by this definition, as an example, even though I can’t install another OS.
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