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Article #382Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.6: Security
From: Sean Fagan
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 1990 01:52
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 1990 01:52
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From: seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) In article <802@longway.TIC.COM> std-unix@uunet.uu.net writes: >As an example, we purchased an AT&T 630 (386 PC type machine) to run >AT&T SV/MLS (B1 UNIX). We had AT&T put the software on, and they set, >as is required the passwords. > >Whereas the same hardware with normal UNIX would have very vulnerable. Do you honestly believe that, short of encrypting the data on the disk, sufficient security is going to keep your data "safe" if your machine is (physicially) compromised? Uh-huh. -- -----------------+ Sean Eric Fagan | "Just think, IBM and DEC in the same room, seanf@sco.COM | and we did it." uunet!sco!seanf | -- Ken Thompson, quoted by Dennis Ritchie Volume-Number: Volume 20, Number 129
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!telly!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!jbc From: seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.6: Security Message-ID: <10114@cs.utexas.edu> Date: 15 Jul 90 01:52:16 GMT References: <780@longway.TIC.COM> <786@longway.TIC.COM> <790@longway.TIC.COM> <802@longway.TIC.COM> Sender: jbc@cs.utexas.edu Reply-To: seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Lines: 24 Approved: jbc@cs.utexas.edu (Guest Moderator, John B. Chambers)