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kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes:
: In article <1993Jan4.163918.11360@PacBell.COM> jmcarli@srv.PacBell.COM (Jerry M. Carlin) writes:
[..]
: >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.

The security of _any_ machine is limited to "the physical security of
the machine".  You got something better?  In fact there is no reason why,
in principle, an acceptably secure network of Macs or PCs should be considered
"impossible".  Difficult, yes, but no more so than constructing a similar
network of multi-user machines.

: --scott

Frank O'Dwyer.
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