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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,55958fd991db66fe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-16 19:36:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pc-62-31-50-169-cr.blueyonder.co.UK!not-for-mail From: nickroberts@blueyonder.co.uk (Nick Roberts) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Advantage of XML based GUI? (was Re: Ada-inspired OS/Language) Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 02:36:53 GMT Organization: AdaOS Message-ID: <3d868ca3.16065380@news.cis.dfn.de> References: <4519e058.0209101828.cb5ff85@posting.google.com> <3d7f9d3f.920665532@news.cis.dfn.de> <3d80b566.992395741@news.cis.dfn.de> <3d813a2b.1026389832@news.cis.dfn.de> <3D841FA5.1020305@attbi.com> <3D844701.E0E56743@easystreet.com> <3d84f49b.1270762508@news.cis.dfn.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc-62-31-50-169-cr.blueyonder.co.uk (62.31.50.169) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1032230213 3126943 62.31.50.169 (16 [25716]) X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29056 Date: 2002-09-17T02:36:53+00:00 List-Id: On 16 Sep 2002 09:26:53 -0600, Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) strongly typed: >> As you will see from my other post, AdaOS will offer role-based security, >> as well as mandatory (clearance levels). > >I presume that means for Confidentiality you plan to include the Bell and >LaPadula compartments as well as levels. How about the Biba Integrity >Extensions ? The code to add that is trivial, since it is the logical >inverse of of Bell and LaPadula. Yes indeed, as per the TCSEC. (Essentially this is about the addition of special categories to the basic levels.) I may even go a step further, and add different confinement rule options to the categories. -- Nick Roberts Per Ardua ad Disastra