Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 13:19:42 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@unix.tfs.net> To: careilly@monoid.cs.tcd.ie (Colman Reilly) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: C2 Trusted FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199710131819.NAA01596@argus.tfs.net> In-Reply-To: <199710131136.MAA09217@monoid.cs.tcd.ie> from Colman Reilly at "Oct 13, 97 12:36:41 pm"
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In reply: > In any case, there's nothing in B1 to prevent you trusting an external > machine, so long as it come in over a secure enough channel. Consider the > external machine as part of the system. (Is there? Not on my reading of > the standard anyway.) as i recall, doesn't b1 limit external bandwidths? or is that b2? > Security comes down to no external connections and a marine guard at > the door of the Tempest vault, in most cases. 8-). > With a small nuclear device attached to your hardware in case the guards are > overcome. actually, thermite is sufficient... simply melt the hardware... no need for a large explosion... as i recall, most tactical computers have an internal thermite charge. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+
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