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- From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva)
-
- In article <384@usenix.ORG> From: <jsh@usenix.org> (anonymous 1003.6 report)
- > At the ISO level, there will be no separate security standard. ...
- > This means every conforming
- > system will include security mechanisms.
-
- You mean, "will include DoD-style security mechanisms". The somewhat
- simple-minded approach UNIX has had in the past has been remarkably
- successful, considering.
-
- > I like this. Do you?
-
- Only if it's possible to turn everything off and go back to /etc/passwd
- and /etc/shadow, and a superuser. That way when something goes wrong you'll
- be able to boot from tape or floppy, edit a couple of files, and recover
- the system.
-
- Because something *will* go wrong.
- --
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