Unix security additions

xtdn at levels.sait.edu.au xtdn at levels.sait.edu.au
Mon Mar 18 14:02:57 AEST 1991


terryl at sail.LABS.TEK.COM writes:
> according to this acquaintance, there is a concept of "secure" windows, (and
> natch, there is also a concept of "non-secure" windows..) And one of the things
> one can NOT do is "cut" from a "secure" window, and then "paste" into a "non-
> secure" window. Can't have that "sensitive" guv`mint data released to the
> masses, I guess.....

Presumably one cannot TYPE in a non-secure window either?  Can't have that
"sensitive" guv`mint data typed by hand, either, can we?

:-)


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