From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,85034d1ac78a66eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-26 08:54:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CA0A0EA.F0CEEC89@despammed.com> From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wesgroleau@despammed.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Operating System References: <3C88E0D1.89161C16@despammed.com> <3C9514DD.9CF1F84A@san.rr.com> <99da9u0909rsblfdcc1ru7jd2r9q461qhk@4ax.com> <436o9uc7jg590rv5rb1l9v6be8vk49s278@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:25:14 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1017159923 151.168.144.162 (Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:25:23 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:25:23 EST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21686 Date: 2002-03-26T11:25:14-05:00 List-Id: > Suppose it was ultra-secure in "Normal" processing, but if the Administrator > were to boot it up with some secret-handshake, etc., it enabled a process to You probably didn't mean what it sounds like you mean, but I'll argue anyway. :-) The change of modes idea is good, but it should be by a documented process with security controls. A "secret handshake" will not stay secret. Even if it is secret, some user somewhere some day will be lucky enough or unlucky enough to do it by accident. Murphy has spoken! -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau