From: KID01 <mat@dsbc.icl.co.uk> Subject: Re: Security system for Linux Date: 19 Apr 1993 10:51:07 GMT
In article <gilC5My5w.B0o@netcom.com> gil@netcom.com (Gilbert Nardo) writes:
>michaelw@desaster.hanse.de (Michael Will) writes:
>> mat@eccles.dsbc.icl.co.uk (Matthew Roderick - KID01) writes:
>> > Secure File system (2 inodes per file)
>>
>IMHO, full fledged system security must be well designed in view of the
>whole system. For Linux, IMHO again, this would lead to system bloating
>much too early in the game (Please don't interpret this as a "stop
>this talk on security" but more like "ahh, more reference material").
Surely it would be better to develop the secure kit & Linux kernel/fs/etc
side by side so there wouldn't be this problem of 'installing from scratch'
with a secure file system, etc.
Matthew
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