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Article #915Re: Future OS virus immunity.
From: Scott Dorsey
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 16:58
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 16:58
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In article <1993Jan4.163918.11360@PacBell.COM> jmcarli@srv.PacBell.COM (Jerry M. Carlin) writes: >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. I believe the original point that was being made is that MacOS and MS-DOS do not have any such mechanism. Therefore, security on them is not possible, or is limited entirely to the physical security of the machine. --scott
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.larc.nasa.gov!grissom.larc.nasa.gov!kludge From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Subject: Re: Future OS virus immunity. Date: 4 Jan 1993 16:58:16 GMT Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm Lines: 19 Message-ID: <1i9qb8INNt6l@rave.larc.nasa.gov> References: <eronald.726016050@ruble> <1993Jan3.023308.25376@Princeton.EDU> <1993Jan4.163918.11360@PacBell.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: grissom.larc.nasa.gov