Unix security additions

[Brian Thomson]

In article <PONA272 at xds13.ferranti.com> peter at ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <19183 at rpp386.cactus.org> jfh at rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) writes:
>> Likewise, if you can only restore
>> files that were backed up using the special utilities, you can't just
>> put any program you want on the system.
>
>Sure: back up to tape, read tape on a non-secure system, edit it, write
>it out again, and restore.

You don't get a secure installation by buying a secure machine and
putting it in a location where a user can tamper with its backup tapes.
Of course secure systems require physical safeguards!
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		    Brian Thomson,	    CSRI Univ. of Toronto
		    utcsri!uthub!thomson, thomson at hub.toronto.edu