> Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 17:30:58 -0400
> From: Steve Kotsopoulos <steve @
ecf .
toronto .
edu>
> Subject: Re: Info World Firewall Articles
>
> jminie @
earthlink .
net wrote:
> >We're aware of how insecure UNIX is natively. ...
Let's clarify this. Unix is an operating system that allows you great
latitude in how you set it up. It is neither secure nor insecure
"natively" (whatever that means). It can be set up as Ken and Dennis
did initially, in a "friendly" environment, so that everybody can do
anything. In these days, probably a very very bad idea. It can also
be set up quite tightly, so that it's about as secure as any operating
system NOT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR HIGH-LEVEL SECURITY can get. This
should, preferably, be done by REAL systems professionals, not "I just
graduated from college, and have read all of Microsoft's and Sun's
press releases, and therefore know everything there is to know about
computer security" types. (To everyone: NO, I am NOT talking about
YOU; but you do know someone something like that, don't you? ;-))
This is why the majority of real software security specialists started
their secure systems and firewall systems on some variant of Unix.
Please note that I said "the majority", and not "all": this is not
meant to start a flaming contest or any other sort of contest.
--
Joe Yao jsdy @
cospo .
osis .
gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
COSPO Computer Support EMT-A/B
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