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From: gkc@hare.udev.cdc.com (gk chace)
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Subject: Need definition for "sentry file"
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Date: 3 Oct 90 15:52:28 GMT
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Is the buzzword "sentry file" well established terminology?  The reference
which I saw seemed to hint that it is an old workaround for what OS security
folks (Orange book) would now call an access control list, ie, a database
naming precisely which users can get at some other file.  There was also a
hint that the sentry file was accompanied by a sentry application, ie, a
program which validates thru the sentry file then accesses the real file.

This is probably arcane enough that replies are more efficient as email than
as postings.

advTHANXance
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Gordon K. Chace
Control Data Corp.
(612) 482-6524   (fax 482-2791)
gkc@udev.cdc.com