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Article #352Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.6: Security
From: Phil Ronzone
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 1990 19:25
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 1990 19:25
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From: pkr@sgi.com (Phil Ronzone) In article <780@longway.TIC.COM> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >This may well be true. But for a large set of problems the existing UNIX >security approach is quite sufficient. If you don't have the actual hardware >secured it's overkill. I disagree - secure software, from the boot code on, is very effective. >Security and convenience are opposed goals, and sometimes a system >MUST be available. I disagree again -- I think the recent Internet worm is an example of why. -- <----------------------------------------------------------------------------> Philip K. Ronzone S e c u r e U N I X pkr@sgi.com Silicon Graphics, Inc. MS 9U-500 work (415) 335-1511 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94039 fax (415) 965-2658 Volume-Number: Volume 20, Number 100
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!longway!std-unix From: pkr@sgi.com (Phil Ronzone) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.6: Security Message-ID: <786@longway.TIC.COM> Date: 5 Jul 90 19:25:49 GMT References: <757@longway.TIC.COM> <769@longway.TIC.COM> <780@longway.TIC.COM> Sender: std-unix@longway.TIC.COM Reply-To: std-unix@uunet.uu.net Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 25 Approved: jsq@longway.tic.com (Moderator, John S. Quarterman)