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From: david@indetech.UUCP (David Kuder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: What kinds of things would you want in the GNU OS?
Summary: security, what security?
Keywords: GNU OS features kernel security
Message-ID: <3010@emerald.indetech.uucp>
Date: 30 May 89 02:00:34 GMT
Expires: 3 Jun 89 02:00:34 GMT
References: <106326@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <11666@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <1123@vsi.COM>
Reply-To: david@indetech.UUCP (David Kuder)
Organization: Independence Technologies, Inc. Fremont, CA
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In article <11666@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> boomer@space.mit.edu (Don Alvarez)
writes:
>A few observations on security...

And in article <1123@vsi.COM> friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) writes:
>> Security:	Provably secure(A1)?
>Who would ever believe that RMS would come up with an A1 system?

	Just to amplify on this.  Richard Stallman (RMS), the founder of
the FSF and GNU, really hates things that limit the free exchange of
information.  Much of what security does limits free exchange of information,
leads to feelings of ownership of programs, etc.  Now security also protects
information from the malicious but in a perfect world there is no reason to
be malicious.  Lack of perfection in the world hasn't stopped RMS in the past.
RMS has been known to complain when login ids were required.  GNU will most
likely be very open with the corresponding lessening in security.