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From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: Unix security additions
Message-ID: <1991Mar11.174711.4027@decuac.dec.com>
Date: 11 Mar 91 17:47:11 GMT
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rcpieter@info.win.tue.nl writes:
>
>Which brings up the question of the largest still existing security
>leak:  Why does UNIX still trust the network (ethernet in most cases)
>it is attached to?

	Because most people in the Real World need to get work done,
and a network that is fast (IE: unencumbered with tons of crypto-gunk)
and cheap is important in getting that work done.

	Figure out a way of making the network secure, standard, highly
interoperable, and do it without forcing an increase in the cost of
hardware or a decrease in performance, and you might make a tidy profit.

mjr.