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To: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
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Subject: Re: Security Model/Target for FreeBSD or 4.4? 
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From: Colman Reilly <careilly@monoid.cs.tcd.ie>
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     Colman Reilly wrote:
     | Does anyone have suggestions where I might find a statement of the secur
     ity
     | target or security model for FreeBSD or (since I assume the model is muc
     h
     | the same) 4.4BSD?
     
     Design and Operation of the 4.4BSD Operating System, by McKusick,
     Bostick, Karels, and Quarterman?  0-201-54979-4.

I'm afraid not: the index mentions security twice. I can't find a general
discussion of security issues from a design point of view: it's done on a
per-bit-of-implementation basis. 

I also spent a couple of hours fighting with Alta Vista looking for relevant
documents and didn't find very much. Any other suggestions?

Colman