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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The ultimate fix!!!
Message-ID: <2814@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 14 Oct 88 11:06:06 GMT
References: <8810092209.AA09182@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <2791@sugar.uu.net> <9997@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX
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In article <9997@cup.portal.com>, dan-hankins@cup.portal.com writes:
> I believe that the real answer to viruses (not total but very good) is to
> implement an object-oriented operating system in which objects are treated
> like users on a multiuser system.  Implement 'need-to-know' and 'secret
> clearance' type restrictions on the objects in the system.

Oh, god no. I'm not willing to give up the convenience of UNIX for a mil-spec
operating system. It'd still be open to a trojan horse... if you need a
certain security capability, stick a program out there and wait until someone
wit the capability you need runs you. If that doesn't work, wait until someone
with the set-capability capability runs you.

The Navy has a team they use to test out systems, the Tiger Team. Last I heard
they had been slowed by secure systems but not stopped by any.

Do you put your car in an armored garage every night? Keep an armed guard on
it? No. Not even the military does that except for VERY expensive "cars". It's
too expensive and inconvenient. We're not dealing with the Soviets here, just
the kid down the block who wants to go for a joyride. If you lock your car and
your neighbor doesn't, who's going to find his car abandoned in a drainage
ditch tomorrow? Given that hardly anyone bothers with cyber-locks these days, a
little security is plenty.
-- 
		Peter da Silva  `-_-'  peter@sugar.uu.net
		 Have you hugged  U  your wolf today?