Firewalls: Re: Secure version of Sendmail

Firewalls
(September 1995)

Indexed By Thread: [Previous] [Next]

Subject:	Re: Secure version of Sendmail
From:	peter @ nmti . com (Peter da Silva)
Date:	Wed, 13 Sep 1995 17:57:13 -0500 (CDT)
To:	smith @ sctc . com (Rick Smith)
Cc:	firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM, smith @ sctc . com
In-reply-to:	<199509131728 . MAA20468 @ shade . sctc . com> from "Rick Smith" at Sep 13, 95 12:28:59 pm

> The point is, you *can't* guarantee that a large, capable, general
> purpose package is bug free, whether the bugs are security oriented or
> anything else. So you need something to backstop it, like Type
> Enforcement or maybe MLS protections.

Of course a class B operating system is itself a large, capable, general
purpose package.

Follow-Ups:

Re: Secure version of Sendmail
From: mdr @ vodka . sse . att . com
Re: Secure version of Sendmail
From: Rick Smith <smith @ sctc . com>

References:

Re: Secure version of Sendmail
From: Rick Smith <smith @ sctc . com>

Indexed By Date	Previous:	Re: MVS vs the world From: Bill Husler <bhusler @ community . net>
Indexed By Date	Next:	Firewall off Mortal Kombat XIV From: "Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr @ iwi . com>
Indexed By Thread	Previous:	Re: Secure version of Sendmail From: Rick Smith <smith @ sctc . com>
Indexed By Thread	Next:	Re: Secure version of Sendmail From: Rick Smith <smith @ sctc . com>