Re: Covert channel

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From: Daniel P. Faigin
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 19:03

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On 17 Aug 92 21:19:06 GMT, mark@hpcvxmsr.cv.hp.com (Mark Rowe) said:
> It's only a flaw if there is something to be flawed.  On a C2 system there is
> no MAC, I would argue my example still denotes a covert channel and not a
> flaw in the non-existant MAC.

If you are talking about C2 systems, then what you have is an overt flow of
information. A channel cannot be covert if there is no policy to bypass.

Daniel
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