Access Control Mechanism (DAC x MAC)

2007-07-03 Thread João Salvatti
Hi all, Having Read about computer security, one of the parts that mostly called up my atention were the access control mechanisms. I've found out that the mechanism used by mostly of the Unix-like systems is DAC (Discretionary Access Control) and as I could see OpenBSD fits in that mechanism as

Re: Access Control Mechanism (DAC x MAC)

2007-07-03 Thread Jacob Yocom-Piatt
Joco Salvatti wrote: Hi all, Having Read about computer security, one of the parts that mostly called up my atention were the access control mechanisms. I've found out that the mechanism used by mostly of the Unix-like systems is DAC (Discretionary Access Control) and as I could see OpenBSD

Re: Access Control Mechanism (DAC x MAC)

2007-07-03 Thread RW
On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 22:32:01 -0300, Joco Salvatti wrote: Hi all, Having Read about computer security, one of the parts that mostly called up my atention were the access control mechanisms. I've found out that the mechanism used by mostly of the Unix-like systems is DAC (Discretionary Access

Re: Access Control Mechanism (DAC x MAC)

2007-07-03 Thread Lars Hansson
Joco Salvatti wrote: MAC is much more sophiscitated that DAC. Thus I would like to know from you why OpenBSD does not implement this type of mechanism. More sophisticated != better. The longer answer is in the archives. --- Lars Hansson

Re: Access Control Mechanism (DAC x MAC)

2007-07-03 Thread Theo de Raadt
Having Read about computer security, one of the parts that mostly called up my atention were the access control mechanisms. I've found out that the mechanism used by mostly of the Unix-like systems is DAC (Discretionary Access Control) and as I could see OpenBSD fits in that mechanism as