-----Original Message----- From: Kaz Kylheku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Neil Moore-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: 'Linux-Net Mailing List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; 'Linux Router Mailing List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, November 14, 1998 9:36 PM Subject: [LRP] Re: Are there viruses in the Linux world? > >Even on NT, many people run with admin privileges. The NT system encourages >such mistakes. There is no root account that you can log in as, and even if >there were, it's a hassle to log in as someone else because you have to log >out! Instead, what happens is that users get adminstrative privileges. Doh! >And of course, the prime user of a workstation invariably has such privileges. > well NT is C2 compliant...what a joke....we will give the ability to log but we dont require it.... we only give you Discretionary Access Control....wooo hooo that means crap. BTW most Unix you use aren't even C2...but they have been around long enough that the security issues are generally well known. >The UNIX paradigm is infinitely superior. To do anything with system files, you >have to be root. You don't have to log out of your desktop to be root, just >``su'' yourself in. well it has its place and a large one at that :> ... so does NT :< ...but if you really want a secure system then you should look at someting that is B level compliant or above....oh yeah and most of them are Unix dervatives :> These OS have mandatory access controls and man are you talking about a pain in the ass to work with (a point for NT and "regular" UNIXs) but they can be extremmly secure...like you online banking gateways.... if you want to know more go to you library and pick a book up..... :> actually here is a URL http://www.radium.ncsc.mil/tpep look through it all but the standard part is found under the Rainbow Series. Orange is for System , Red is for Networks....the get these color names becuase of the color of their covers....... > > >--- >Linux Router Project -- http://www.linuxrouter.org/ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Body: un/subscribe >Problems? [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Frank Soria - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
