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From: dinah@shell.UUCP (Dinah Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: GNU, security, and RMS
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Date: 6 Jun 89 16:33:54 GMT
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In article <29457@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, haynes@ucscc.ucsc.edu writes:

>Well, you have a right to your opinion; but a corollary of this belief
>is that all the users of a computer system have to be mutually friendly
>and responsible and trust one another.  Which sounds like the mythical
>home town where people don't need to lock the doors when they leave home.


This no longer applies in the distributed operating system environment-
especially when this environment crosses administrative domains. I
no longer look at unix systems as standalone systems that just happen
to be on a network. You have to consider all systems and your network
is as secure as the least secure member (without the implementation
of secure routers or 3rd party authentication systems.)


Dinah Anderson 
Shell Oil Company, Information Center (713) 795-3287
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