Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!gwyn@brl-vld From: gwyn%brl-vld@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Security breach - (nf) Message-ID: <14427@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Dec-83 22:39:12 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.14427 Posted: Wed Dec 7 22:39:12 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Dec-83 01:29:22 EST Lines: 6 From: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) Operating system "breaking" is in some ways analogous to codebreaking. The rule there is that a cryptosystem is not assumed to be secure until the cryptanalysts have mounted a serious attack on it and found it to be safe (there are other requirements too, of course).