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In article <1993Jan3.023308.25376@Princeton.EDU> mfterman@phoenix.princeton.edu (Mutant for Hire) writes:
>... but you have to really be careful
>about programs that run setuid, protections on all files, and other such
>issues.
>
>... I do wonder how much more secure
>other OS's are, where the ability to keep a security hole quiet is a bit
>easier.

Tandam Guardian has 'progid' which is morally equivalent to setuid.
MVS has something like 'privileged libraries'. In fact, every operating
system has some form of privilege mechanism and this mechanism is subject
to the universal problem of incorrect administration.

There is no such thing as a 100%, completely secure system outside of
the one described in the FAQ (buried in concrete etc) so UNIX is as good
as (or as bad as) all the others that actually have security mechanisms
(MVS, Tandem Guardian, VMS etc). MS-DOS & Mac OS are another matter since
you don't even have file protection that's worth anything.
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