UNIX and security <was: Unix & X-Windows on 386SX>

[Lyle Seaman]

palowoda at fiver (Bob Palowoda) writes:
>From article <168 at raysnec.UUCP>, by shwake at raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake):
>> 	Yes, many people do NOT want a higher level of security than is
>> already provided, since security costs in both human and system resources
>> without obvious benefit - at least, not until you need it!

>   I was under the impression that (at least with SCO's UNIX) you have
>to buy C2. Or am I wrong here. If this is the case how can one measure
>the cost benefit? How much does Secureware addin cost in other versions?
>How do you know how much it costs? 


Ray wasn't speaking of dollars, Bob.  He was speaking of the more nebulous
"lost time" and "wasted CPU cycles".  I don't know how you establish 
exactly what values those have in order to measure the cost benefit, I 
guess you'll have to ask Southwestern Bell that.

But you don't have to know exactly what the dollar cost is to know that
the human cost (my time, yours, etc) is too much.

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