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, 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: 2002-03-24 06:52:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Operating System Date: 23 Mar 2002 21:44:41 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: References: <3C88E0D1.89161C16@despammed.com> <3C9514DD.9CF1F84A@san.rr.com> <99da9u0909rsblfdcc1ru7jd2r9q461qhk@4ax.com> <436o9uc7jg590rv5rb1l9v6be8vk49s278@4ax.com> Reply-To: starner@okstate.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e50c5.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21610 Date: 2002-03-23T21:44:41+00:00 List-Id: On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 12:34:28 +0000 (UTC), Preben Randhol wrote: > On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 00:06:58 -0600, James Ross wrote: >> I'll agree with that to a point. A very secure OS should have an >> "unsafe" mode where all bets are off -- do whatever you want. However, >> under normal conditions no foot wounding allowed. > > How can it the be a secure OS if half the applications you are using are > unsecure? It's not, but that's not something an OS vendor can completely dictate. All the OS can do is make sure that there are ways for a secure program to do what needs to be done. If everyone is going to write setuid (or the equivelent) applications, you can't stop them. -- David Starner - starner@okstate.edu "It's not a habit; it's cool; I feel alive. If you don't have it you're on the other side." - K's Choice (probably referring to the Internet)