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From: roger@nsc.nsc.com (Roger Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.edu,comp.misc
Subject: built-in security features
Keywords: computer security, network security
Message-ID: <8846@nsc.nsc.com>
Date: 3 Jan 89 21:07:16 GMT
Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale
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I'm in the process of doing a market study on "Computer Security".

Granted this is rather broad, but one has to start somewhere.  My
bottom line interest is to determine what if anything a semiconductor
manufacturer such as National Semiconductor should do in the
design of their various products which will make the systems designers
job easier IF he has requirements in the the area of Computer Security.
In short,  if your system has security requirements what could
we do to make your life vastly easier.

I would like feed-back from those of you working on ACTUAL product
development.  My questions are

	1.)  Is security important --- if it isn't let me know
	2.)  If it is --- I have a few questions

		a.) is your product commercial or government driven.
		    what is the consumer base?  I don't need the 
		    actual customer name.

		b.) what type of product is it?  Is it a workstation,
		    a peripheral controller, a network server or
		    a stand-alone controller.

		c.) Is security provided via software solutions,
		    hardware only, or a mix of hardware and software.

	3.)  If you had your choice, what would you like to see
	     in the way of enhancements to microprocessor, peripheral
	     controllers and memory devices.

I would like to see responses via email and I'll summarize the
results.

Thanx for your help in advance.