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Article #294Re: Covert channel
From: frank
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 08:09
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 08:09
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jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F. Haugh II) writes: : violates the system's security policy." If you are permitted to change : the mail headers, doing so cannot violate the system's security policy. So no security policy can ever be violated, because anything you may be able to do must have been "permitted". Cracked somebody's password? Well you were able to do it weren't you? Doesn't violate the security policy then, does it? There is a difference between "security policy" (a written document), its translation into system level parameters, and the *enforcement* of those parameters. -- Frank O'Dwyer Disclaimer: Siemens-Nixdorf AG I will deny everything Tel. : +49 (89) 636-40639 Fax. : +49 (89) 636-45860 e-mail: Frank.ODwyer@sniap.mchp.sni.de
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!murignis!ap542!D012S436!frank From: frank@D012S436.sniap.mchp.sni.de () Subject: Re: Covert channel Message-ID: <1992Aug27.080947.10737@sniap.mchp.sni.de> Sender: news@sniap.mchp.sni.de (News Admin) Organization: Siemens-Nixdorf AG References: <21382@rpp386.lonestar.org> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 08:09:47 GMT Lines: 18