Standards Update, IEEE 1003.6: Security

[Phil Ronzone]

From:  pkr at sgi.com (Phil Ronzone)

In article <780 at longway.TIC.COM> peter at 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.

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