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From: jjw@palladium.UUCP (John J. Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: UNIX file system hardening reference?
Message-ID: <691@palladium.UUCP>
Date: 24 Apr 89 23:21:45 GMT
References: <284@foobar.hf.intel.com>
Reply-To: jjw@palladium.UUCP (John J. Wallace)
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In article <284@foobar.hf.intel.com> fenk@foobar.hf.intel.com (John Fenk) writes:
>I am looking for a pointer to information on the changes that were made
>to UNIX to increase the reliability of the file system.

In 1982, I worked at Bell Labs and implemented a hardened Unix file
system for a fault tolerant Unix derivative that was used in telephony.

This work was much more aggressive than what was eventually out into
System V;  However, the system V hardening was based on that work as
well as other work within BTL.
 
My work was published as a ``Short Communication'' in SOFTWARE - PRACTICE 
AND EXPERIENCE, Vol 13, pgs. 385-387.  If you'd like, email to me, and I
can send you a copy.

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John J. Wallace
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