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- From: pkr@sgi.com (Phil Ronzone)
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- In article <757@longway.TIC.COM> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
- >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'm not sure what the "DoD-style" words mean, but UNIX has been very deficient
- for much serious commercial work due to the "simple-minded" approach it has
- had.
-
-
-
- >> 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.
-
- I don't see what this has to do with security.
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