Secure Attention Keys

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From: WHMurray
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 20:16

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>I completely agree with Dan on this issue.  (No, it's not the first
>time...)  One of my biggest gripes against the Orange Books is that
>it doesn't require a secure attention key until B2, while I think it
>should be mandatory in B1, and maybe even C2.

Secure attention keys work only with closed systems or trusted terminals.
These account for such a small part of the world as not to be
interesting.  My problem with the Orange book is that it is too archaic
to recognize this.  

William Hugh Murray, Executive Consultant, Information System Security
49 Locust Avenue, Suite 104, New Canaan, Connecticut 06840                
203 966 4769, WHMurray at DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL

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