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In article <1992Jul24.201426.5137@chpc.utexas.edu>, apas611@chpc.utexas.edu
(David Boles) wrote:
> 
> It seems that security in the orange book sense doesn't make much sense
> for most folks however.  It focuses on things like loss or alteration
> of information.  While these things are certainly important, for most

I think loss or alteration of information is very important for most folks.
 Computer related fraud is a multi-billion dollar problem.  If businesses
took security a bit more seriously, they could probably prevent a fair
amount of the fraud.  Unfortunately, most corporations either unwilling to
pay the price it takes or don't have the personnel who understand security
issues.

> non-military related systems, attacks (malicious or inadvertant) that
> result in denial of service are just as important.
> 

Denial of service is important but something like that is detectable.  The
important problem is to make sure your "enemy" doesn't get access to
important information without you knowing about it.  This issue is relevant
in the corporate setting.  With the cold war over, there have been numerous
reports of various corporations and governments spying on foreign
businesses and business personnel to get trade secrets.  

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