ENHANCED SECURITY ULTRIX 4.1

John Haxby jch at hollie.rdg.dec.com
Thu Mar 7 18:53:03 AEST 1991


In article <1991Mar6.212110.22576 at mlb.semi.harris.com>, dcb at dave.mis.semi.harris.com (Dave Brillhart) writes:
|>   o  All passwords become invalid and are non-recoverable.

Because they are stored somewhere else and using a different
encryption algorithm.

|>   o  You cannot su to a priv account from a non-secure terminal.

Terminals can be "trusted" as well as "secure"

The security features are hideously complicated (not
a three state variable), so you will need a fair amount
of luck.
-- 
John Haxby, Definitively Wrong.
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