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-
-
- 3B4000
-
- Processor:
- WE32100 from 3B15 as control processor
- 1 or more 3B2/600's as attached processors
-
- Memory:
-
- Slots:
-
- Features:
- Supports tons of SCSI disk
-
-
- 3B2 PERIPHERALS
-
- Name Device Code Description
- ---- ----------- -----------
- SBD 0x0001 System motherboard
- NI 0x0002 10base5 ethernet card
- PORTS 0x0003 Ports card. 4 serial, 1 parallel. (includes HPP)
- CTC 0x0005 Cartridge tape controller. 23 MB
- NAU 0x0006 Network access unit. 1 MB STARLAN
- SCSI 0x0100 SCSI host adapter
- AIC 0x0101 Alarm interface circuit
- EPORTS 0x0102 Extended ports. 8 serial ports
- ISC 0x0201 Intelligent serial controller. Bisync of X.25
- XDC 0x0204 External disk controller for 2 more MFM drives
- MAU 0xFD00 Math accelerator unit
- VCACHE 0xFE00 Extended memory chache (3B2/600 and higher)
- MPB 0xFF00 Multiprocessor board (3B2/600 and higher)
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 12 How do I build GCC on the 3B2?
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- John L. Wehle ported GCC to the WE32000 series processor, and it
- first appeared in release 2.2 of GCC.
-
- To build the GCC release on the 3B2, download the latest GCC
- distribution and allocate at least 35 MB of disk space to do the
- build. Follow the directions in the INSTALL file. The following
- are some notes that will make the install go smoother.
-
- First of all, older versions of /lib/cpp are not capable of
- processing one of the source files. I recommend building the
- distribution until the GNU cpp is done. Then, temporarily replace
- your /lib/cpp with the GNU version, and add the following flag to
- CFLAGS:
-
- CFLAGS = -U__STDC__
-
- When stage1 is complete, you could remove the -U__STDC__ flag
- and restore your original cpp.
-
- Basically, the steps are as follows:
-
- $ configure --target=we32k-att-sysv3
- $ make LANGUAGES=c
- $ make stage1
- $ make LANGUAGES=c CC=stage1/gcc CFLAGS="-Bstage1/ -g"
-
- [It is imporant to note that due to a bug in the AT&T compiler,
- the optimizer doesn't get compiled correctly at this point.]
-
- $ make stage2
- $ make CC=stage2/gcc CFLAGS="-Bstage2/ -g -O"
-
- [Some people still have problems with the optimizer at this point.
- If you do, just do not use the -O flag when compiling GCC. The
- symptom you will experience that tells you the -O flag should be
- removed is the compilation of cccp.c will take a VERY long time.
- Kill the compile and restart without the -O.]
-
- $ make stage3
- $ make CC=stage3/gcc CFLAGS="-Bstage3/ -g -O"
-
- To verify everything built correctly:
-
- $ for file in *.o; do
- > tail +10c $file > foo1
- > tail +10c stage3/$file > foo2
- > cmp foo1 foo2 || echo $file
- > done
-
- Then, to install the distribution:
-
- $ make CC=stage3/gcc CFLAGS="-Bstage3/ -g -O" install
-
- Good luck!
-
- [These notes are a combination of my own experiences with building the
- GCC compiler on a 3B2/400 and discussions with John Wehle, the author
- of the port.]
-
- NOTES:
-
- The GCC binaries available on several anonymous FTP sites will not
- work with certain version of the standard C compiler. It appears
- to be some sort of linker problem. I may have a fix for it.
- Contact me via E-mail if you fall into this category.
-
- Speaking of linker problems, GCC will not work all that well with
- the standard C shared library -lc_s. The workaround for this is
- to compile your program with GCC, but the link will fail. When it
- does, use something like the following to do the link stage:
-
- $ cc -O -L/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/we32k-att-sysv/2.2.2 program.o \
- -o program -lgcc -lc_s
-
- This way, you will not only get fast binaries, but small ones as
- well.
-
- You may need to raise your ULIMIT to compile the g++ compiler as
- the executable is larger than 1 MB.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 13 What is the NVRAM SANITY FAILURE?
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The full error message resembles the following:
-
- FW ERROR 1-01: NVRAM SANITY FAILURE
- DEFAULT VALUES ASSUMED
- IF REPEATED, CHECK THE BATTERY
-
- The 3B2 stores information such as the time of day clock and machine
- name in non-volatile memory. The memory is backed up by a Lithium
- battery, that does die after a few years. The battery is normally
- located in the right side of the case, near the cards, and connected to
- the motherboard under the card in slot 2. Replacing the battery almost
- always requires the complete removal of the card cage. Replacement
- batteries can be found at some electronics stores. I won't list exact
- specifications because I have seen 3 different types of batteries so
- far, and there may be more. Your best bet is to just buy another
- batter with the exact same voltage and modify the connector to fit.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 14 Is there an implementation of SLIP for the 3B2?
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Rumor has it that there was one written by Wollongong, but AT&T
- purchased exclusive marketing rights to WIN TCP/IP for the 3B2, but
- chose NOT to include SLIP. There is the NOS (KA9Q) package that
- supposedly provides SLIP capabilities, but I have not tried it and
- don't know if it'll run on a 3B2.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 15 What are the known bugs in the Wollongong WIN TCP software?
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- From: Steven M. Kilby <skilby@ucqais.cba.uc.edu>
-
- rexecd:
- The rexecd released with WIN TCP for the 3B2 has the following bug.
- This bug has been verified on a 400 with TCP 3.0.1 and 3.2. When executing
- a command using the rexecd daemon, the gid of the user is set and left at
- root. This is very apparent when executing a command that creates a shell,
- such as XTerm. The only available solutions at present are to rewrite the
- daemon yourself, or.... not run it. The problem has been reported to CERT.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 16 Is there an implementation of NFS for the 3B2?
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The person to contact about 3B2 software is Kristine Schneider
- [708-979-1017]. I called her and obtained the following information
- about NFS:
-
- Latest Versions: 1.3
- Requires: System V Rel 3.2.1 or 3.2.3, WIN/TCP 3.2 or higher
- Product Code: C274-0NB3-000
- List Price: $1295.00
-
- This package is for the WE versions of the 3B2. NFS comes bundled with
- SVR4 for RISC-based 3B2's. TCP/IP on the other hand, does not and has
- to be purchased separately.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 17 What are the pinouts of those phone-like serial connectors?
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The connectors 3B2's use are called RJ-45. They are 8 conductor
- telephone like connectors, and lucky for us, are pretty standard.
- You can either buy the cables and connectors from AT&T for an arm
- and a leg, or elsewhere. I don't know about the cables, since I've
- never bought them from anyone but AT&T, but I have made my own
- RS-232 connectors with excellent results.
-
- The following is an excellent description of the RJ-45 port on the
- 3B2:
-
- From: rthomas@hakatac.almanac.bc.ca (Robert N Thomas)
-
- Looking into the 8 pin modular RJ-45 jack you'll see that pin 1
- should be on the right.
-
- Diagram of what you should see when looking
- at an 8 PIN modular jack connector.
-
- +----------+
- | 87654321 |
- | |
- +--+ +--+
- | |
- +----+
-
- Ok, not all 3B2 8 pin modular jack connectors are created "EQUAL".
- These beasties are used for running StarLan 1MBit, EPORTS cards,
- PORTS cards, as well as for running ETHERNET 10MBits as well.
-
- The pin outs for the two modular jack cables on the back of the
- 3B2, as well as for the PORTS card should be as follows:
-
- PIN Lead Direction Explanation
- ===== ========== ============= ========================
- 1 PROT GRD Ground
- 2 reserved Not Connected
- 3 TXD0 Out Transmit Data
- 4 DTR0 Out Data Terminal Ready
- 5 RXD0 In Receive Data
- 6 DCD0 In Data Carrier Detect
- 7 SIG GRD Signal Ground
- 8 reserved Not Connected
-
- The 2 modular jacks on the back of your machine should be labeled
- console and contty. If your talking about a PORTS card, here is
- what one looks like:
-
- Centronics connector
- for Parallel Printer
- |
- \|/
- +------------+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+
- \ / | | | | | | | |
- \________/ +-__-+ +-__-+ +-__-+ +-__-+
-
- ^ ^ ^ ^
- The above 4 RJ45 connectors are for
- plugging serial terminals into your 3B2.
-
- The EPORTS card is card that has 8 RJ45 connectors (8 pin modular
- jacks) on it. This card is where you would want to plug a high
- speed modem onto your system, because the above connectors DO NOT
- SUPPORT HARDWARE FLOW CONTROL. The PIN OUTS for the EPORTS card
- is as follows:
-
- PIN Lead Direction Explanation
- ===== ========== ============= ========================
- 1 PROT GRD Ground
- 2 CTS Out Clear to Send
- 3 TXD0 Out Transmit Data
- 4 DTR0 Out Data Terminal Ready
- 5 RXD0 In Receive Data
- 6 DCD0 In Data Carrier Detect
- 7 SIG GRD Signal Ground
- 8 RTS In Request to send
-
- * NOTES:
-
- CTS & RTS (if you have them).
- Most 3B2 systems need to do the following to enable hardware
- flow control. Otherwise the 3B2 will ignore RTS & CTS.
- Also see the FAQ item about handing high speed modems on
- EPORTS cards for more detailed information.
-
- epstty hfc <-- XON/XOFF flow control must be disabled
- before you do this. The stty command is
- one way to disable XON/XOFF. Line
- DISCIPLINES are another way to do this.
- See etc/gettydefs file.
-
- DTR0 notes. {3B2 uses this to signal DISCONNECT}
-
- When the 3B2 is active on the port (waiting for someone
- to logon to the port or whatever.), DTR is active. When
- the 3B2 wishes to DISCONNECT (ie, too many wrong passwords,
- or the user logs off the port), it will lower DTR momentarily.
- If you are trying to get a modem to work, you might want
- the modem to DISCONNECT the user when DTR is dropped..
-
- DCD0 notes. {Used to tell 3B2 that the user has DROPPED CARRIER}
-
- When the DCD is set inactive, the 3B2 will assume that the
- user has either turned off the terminal, or dropped carrier.
- If this occurs, the user is logged off the system, and
- background tasks are aborted. If DCD is inactive, be
- aware that NONE of the standard AT&T provided utilities
- are capable of sending anything to the device. There is
- a way to get around this in the more recent releases of
- the 3B2's OS. See your admin documentation for details.
-
- Otherwise, in the case of a MODEM, when the user drops
- carrier, you want the modem to "momentarily" lower this
- DCD0 just long enough for the 3B2 to realize that the user
- has dropped carrier. The modem should then Re-ENABLE DCD0,
- so that the 3B2 will be able to send data to the modem.
- {needed for cu, and outbound UUCP to work correctly in
- older releases of the OS}
-
- Most semi-decent modems are capable of handling DCD and
- DTR in a 3B2 friendly manner. I have done this with PEP's,
- USR HST's, and MicroComm 9600 AX modems, without incident.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 18 What is the u3b. newsgroup heirarchy?
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Don't worry about it, you're not missing anything. It's an almost
- completely dead heirarchy that used to be about 3B2's and 3B1.
- Discussions about 3B2's have migrated to comp.sys.att, and discussions
- about 3B1's have migrated to comp.sys.3b1.
-
- ==============================================================================
- If you have any other questions, or better answers, please send
- mail to 'greg@gagme.chi.il.us'
- ==============================================================================
- --
- Gregory A. Gulik Call Gagme, a public access
- greg@serveme.chi.il.us UNIX system at 312-282-8606
- || gulik@rtsg.mot.com For information, drop a note
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- From: rice@mirage.rtp.dg.com (Brian Rice)
- Newsgroups: news.answers,alt.buddha.short.fat.guy
- Subject: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy Frequently Asked Questions List
- Summary: Starring a prominent religious figure who really is, plus EL DUPREE
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.182819.717@dg-rtp.dg.com>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 18:28:19 GMT
- Sender: usenet@dg-rtp.dg.com (Usenet Administration)
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- Archive-name: alt-buddha-short-fat-guy
- Last-modified: $Date: 1992/09/14 18:20:14 $
-
- This is the Frequently Asked Questions list for alt.buddha.short.fat.guy.
- It is posted infrequently enough to be frustrating but often enough to
- be annoying. Relax. Have a cigar.
-
-
- Contents: 1. Getting Started
- 2. The Buddha
- 3. Buddha Nature
- 4. El Dupree
-
- Send questions for inclusion in this list to Brian Rice <rice@dg-rtp.dg.com>
- or Lindsey Durway <durway@dg-rtp.dg.com>.
-
- ************
- Part 1. Getting Started
- ************
-
- 1-1. Does this newsgroup have a FAQ list?
-
- Yes.
-
- 1-2. How can I get it?
-
- Apparently, you don't.
-
- 1-3. Does this newsgroup have a purpose?
-
- Yes.
-
- 1-4. Which is?
-
- See question 1-2.
-
- 1-5. Is this an actual newsgroup, or is my system being toyed with?
-
- Yes and yes.
-
- ************
- Part 2. The Buddha
- ************
-
- 2-1. Who was the Buddha?
-
- The Buddha, originally called Gautama, was a young Brahmin of
- comfortable means who became disillusioned with his bourgeois
- existence and set out to find himself. He adopted an austere
- way of life, even abandoning his Doors tapes--certainly not
- standard procedure for those on similar quests. Eventually,
- he achieved enlightenment, whereupon he became known as "The
- Buddha," "The Enlightened One," or, to his friends, "Budd Light."
-
- 2-2. Isn't it silly having so many names for one person?
-
- I'm sorry. I can't argue unless you've paid.
-
- 2-3. Wait, what about the "Buddah"?
-
- He spends his time hanging out with Ghandi in New Dheli. Munching
- on gerkhins, no doubt.
-
- 2-4. Is the purpose of this newsgroup to insult the Buddha? |
- |
- No. However, since the last thing the Buddha wanted was |
- veneration, perhaps we are insulting him by not insulting |
- him. You have deeply troubled us. |
-
- ************
- Part 3. Buddha Nature
- ************
-
- 3-1. What is Buddha nature?
-
- As that prominent Buddhist, Louis Armstrong, said: "If you have
- to ask, you'll never know."
-
- 3-2. Does "X" have Buddha nature?
-
- "X" does, but you don't. Exception: if "X" is Ronald Reagan,
- he doesn't and you do.
-
- 3-3. Could you repeat that?
-
- Yes.
-
- ************
- Part 4. El Dupree
- ************
-
- 4-1. Does El Dupree have the Buddha Nature?
-
- Yes.
-
- 4-2. Does Buddha have the El Dupree Nature?
-
- Often.
-
- 4-3. Who is El Dupree?
-
- He is the Ghost of the Western Plain, an unbathed drifter of
- much notoriety, who gave us the game CamChata, "Devil Fingers."
-
- 4-4. Huh?
-
- What he said.
-
- 4-5. Are there koans in the tradition of El Dupree?
-
- There were several developed in the 50's, but there are only
- re-runs now.
-
- 4-6. Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
-
- Get serious. I've changed a lot since then.
-
- 4-7. Tell me a koan.
-
- Read on:
-
- El Dupree came upon an injured cur on the road to Mejave Mai.
- "Rise cur," El Dupree said, casually pushing up the brim of his
- big spangled sombrero. He sucked air through his teeth and waited.
- The cur glanced sidelong at the colorful stranger and hissed,
- "Yeah, riiiight. A fucking miracle worker? A talking hat? Funny
- man from downtown?"
-
- El Dupree reached for his revolver, hesitated, and instead, took out
- a #14 vinyl headsack. Yes, it was going to be a long day, he thought.
-
- And the dog was enlightened.
-
- 4-8. Do I have time for another koan?
-
- You have 15 minutes before the last bus leaves. Read on:
-
- Pepito could just see daylight through the seams of the #14 vinyl
- headsack. He found that if he cocked his head slightly to one
- side, he could glimpse, through the splitting seam of the headsack
- (the aging headsack, the headsack that smelled of masa harina and
- hair oil, the hated headsack of enforced ignorance), one crusty
- corner of El Dupree's mouth. El Dupree licked his lips, his tongue
- the color of well-cured meerschaum, and muttered, "Yust you vate."
-
- Pepito was enlightened.
-
- 4-9. What's CamChata?
-
- Read on:
-
- The big-hatted lone figure on the horizon went unnoticed by the
- sleeping man curled next to the pile of blackened chicken bones.
- Faint dust devils rose behind the approaching stranger's horse and
- the morning sun let play its light on the little dangling balls on
- the brim of El Dupree's impressive sombrero. Yes, men had made fun
- of the proud sombrero, but those men were dead, El Dupree thought
- to himself as he spurred toward the sleeping man he would soon
- awaken and challenge to the deadliest of all games, the game that
- had made its way from Tierra del Fuego, across Chile, and into the
- heart of Mexico: CamChata! Devil Fingers!!
-
- 4-10. Does CamChata hurt?
-
- Oh, baby, does it ever. Read on:
-
- I rebel.
- Grandfather.
- Embrace me.
- I rebel.
- Yarn on the left, stones in groups of three and one, the
- lizard bleeding from my fingernails.
- I rebel.
-
- 4-11. Is there more poetry inspired by El Dupree?
-
- Yes.
-
- --
- Brian Rice rice@dg-rtp.dg.com +1 919 248-6328
- DG/UX Software Quality Assurance
- Data General Corp., Research Triangle Park, N.C.
- "Als ich von dir denke, strahl' ich wie ein Kernkraftwerk." --Cynthia
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- From: ccs@aber.ac.uk (Christopher Samuel)
- Newsgroups: alt.config,news.groups,news.answers
- Subject: Creating a new "alt" group -- guidelines
- Summary: RTFSL
- Keywords: group creation alt
- Message-ID: <alt-config_723684470@aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 6 Dec 92 23:27:58 GMT
- Expires: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 23:27:50 GMT
- Sender: ccs@aber.ac.uk (Christopher "Jd" Samuel)
- Followup-To: alt.config
- Organization: University of Wales - Aberystwyth - Prifysgol Cymru
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-
- Archive-name: alt-config-guide
- Version: 1.3
- Last-modified: Thu Oct 22 16:36:09 GMT 1992
-
-
-
- Guidelines for the creation of an "alt" group.
-
- There are no rules or guidelines for creation of "alt" groups, However
- there does appear to be an established procedure which follows. First a
- quick bit of common-sense on choosing the name:
-
- When choosing a name for a group please note the only commandment: Thou
- shalt not choose a group name which may cause network harm or harm to a
- local machine.
-
- Examples:
-
- alt.fan.enya.puke.puke.pukeSender:
-
- [preceding line to Sender had <CR> deleted; also the
- trailing : can cause problems in some news systems]
-
- alt.verylonggroupnamethathasadirectorylongerthanmost\
- machinessupportsotherehaha.very.funny
-
- alt.[insert300charactershere].very.long.group.name.\
- that.is.too.big.for.newsrc
-
- alt.*.this.name.has.bad.characters.in.it
-
- alt..double.dot.group.name
-
-
- Now the Guidelines:
- -------------------
-
- 1) Propose a new alt group in alt.config. The proposal
- should include a charter or purpose for the new group, and
- some demonstration of the need for the group. It is best to
- make it clear in your subject line that you are proposing a
- new group. Be prepared to explain why an existing group cannot
- be used for this purpose, and why the group should be in "alt"
- rather than in one of the mainstream hierarchies (like
- "rec", "sci", etc.). Avoiding the complexity of the
- mainstream group creation procedure is not a very good
- reason, groups should not be created in "alt" just because
- it's easier. Many sites do not get any alt groups, so if
- you are proposing a serious group, it is worth the effort to
- try to get it into a mainstream hierarchy.
-
- 2) See what the alt.net.opinion of the new group is. Wait a
- few days for replies to trickle in from the far corners of
- the net. If the consensus (however you determine that) is
- that the group should be created, then proceed to step 3.
-
- (these first two steps are often ignored, which usually
- leads to unpleasantness in step 4 below)
-
- 3) Post a "newgroup" control message. If you don't know
- how to do this, check with your news administrator. If you
- ARE your news administrator, and you can't figure it out
- from the documentation you have (or don't have any
- documentation) send me mail and I will help you. NOTE that
- many sites do NOT automatically honor "newgroup" and
- "rmgroup" control messages, the news software at these sites
- will send mail to the news administrator, who will evaluate
- your request and decide whether or not to create the group.
- It may take a couple of days for the control message to
- propagate and be acted upon, so don't expect instant
- availability of the new group, particularly if you post the
- control message on a Friday night.
-
- NB: It is good manners to put a description of the new
- newsgroup into the newgroup message, along with a
- one-line description suitable for inclusion into the
- newsgroups file.
-
- 4) Let the individual site news administrators decide
- whether to honor your "newgroup" message. Most admins
- prefer that the message come from a verifiable account,
- messages which are obviously forged, or have not been
- discussed in alt.config and contain no explanation will
- probably not be honored by many sites. Persons opposed to
- the group, or admins who feel that the newgroup message was
- a forgery may send out "rmgroup" messages to try to sabotage
- the group. It may take several iterations of this process
- to firmly establish the new group. It has been humorously
- suggested that only alt groups which get 100 more "newgroup"
- than "rmgroup" messages should be established. However,
- these "rmgroup wars" are annoying to news administrators,
- and reduce the overall acceptance (and distribution) of the
- "alt" hierarchy. This is the reason that steps 1 and 2
- above are important.
-
-
- This may sound like a lot of rigamarole, and it is. The purpose is to
- discourage creation of alt groups that might be better off as mainstream
- groups, or that might be better off left uncreated.
-
- Don't take this all too seriously, though. The "alt" net is the last
- remaining refuge away from the control freaks, namespace purists and
- net.cops (like myself) that maintain and enforce the mainstream
- newsgroup guidelines.
-
- There is still some room for spontaneity out here on the "alt" frontier.
- Successful groups have been created without following these suggestions.
- Almost any non-forged, serious newgroup message will at least be
- considered by most news admins. Some groups have been created just on a
- whim. The concept behind the group better be good (or a least
- entertaining), though!
-
- [ If you want more information on mainstream group creation see the post
- "How to Create a New Newsgroup" posted to news.answers, news.admin and
- news.groups. ]
-
- --
- Christopher Samuel, c/o Computer Unit, UCW Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, WALES
- RFC: ccs@aber.ac.uk UUCP: *!mcsun!uknet!aber!ccs JNT: ccs@uk.ac.aber
- Deddf Iaith Newydd i Gymru | New Language Act for Wales
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- From: aem@aber.ac.uk (Alec David Muffett)
- Newsgroups: alt.security,comp.security.misc,news.answers
- Subject: FAQ: Computer Security Frequently Asked Questions
- Summary: Answers to questions which appear in alt.security/comp.security.misc
- Keywords: Security FAQ
- Message-ID: <alt.security_723854602@aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 8 Dec 92 22:43:25 GMT
- Expires: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:43:22 GMT
- Sender: aem@aber.ac.uk (Alec David Muffett)
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- Archive-name: alt-security-faq
- Last-modified: 1992/6/20
- Version: 1.4
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- Version History:
- 1.4 Fixed John Haugh's name, modified entry for "shadow"
- Added Ulf Kieber's update on the rainbow series
- Added bit about Karila paper
- 1.3: Tweak for comp.security.misc/news.answers
- Updated entry for orange book (foreign purchases)
- 1.2: Undocumented prior to this
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- Almost Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Security*
- *(but were afraid to ask!)
-
- This document is meant to answer some of the questions which regularly
- appear in the Usenet newsgroups "comp.security.misc" and "alt.security",
- and is meant to provide some background to the subject for newcomers to
- that newsgroup.
-
- This FAQ is maintained by Alec Muffett (aem@aber.ac.uk, uknet!aber!aem),
- with contributions from numerous others [perhaps]. The views expressed
- in the document are the personal views of the author(s), and it should
- not be inferred that they are necessarily shared by anyone with whom the
- author(s) are now, or ever may be, associated.
-
- Many thanks go to (in no particular order): Steve Bellovin, Matt Bishop,
- Mark Brader, Ed DeHart, Dave Hayes, Jeffrey Hutzelman, William LeFebvre,
- Wes Morgan, Rob Quinn, Chip Rosenthal, Wietse Venema, Gene Spafford,
- John Wack and Randall Atkinson.
-
- Disclaimer: Every attempt is made to ensure that the information
- contained in this FAQ is up to date and accurate, but no responsibility
- will be accepted for actions resulting from information gained herein.
-