Harold Sinclair wrote
> I'm not familiar with anything that can give access control to /parts/ of
> files (not counting database software of course).
The question is whether the access control is built into the
kernel and the file system, (in VMS this was/is done in a
layer between kernel and hardware called the RMS or "record
management service"), or in user-space applications.
I think that the desired place to implement security is in the
kernel and/or fs.
Under RMS, things like the meaning and definition of the fields
of a database record (including ACLs at the field level), can
be specified at the time the database is created.
Once again, I haven't had my hands on a VMS system since 1989,
so I'm working from memory.
Dave
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