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From: pkr@sgi.com (Phil Ronzone)
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Subject: Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.6: Security
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Date: 2 Jul 90 07:01:49 GMT
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From: pkr@sgi.com (Phil Ronzone)

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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