From owner-freebsd-security Thu Feb 26 05:58:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA21211 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 05:58:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from heron.doc.ic.ac.uk (PShNaK1AtUIENRLta2hg6Ry/EY28iA8v@heron.doc.ic.ac.uk [146.169.2.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id FAA21187 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 05:57:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk) Received: from oak71.doc.ic.ac.uk [146.169.46.71] ([LdV1r7GoGGAl3QQewsXsptyKupf/9+RM]) by heron.doc.ic.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 1.62 #3) id 0y83oY-0004AG-00; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 13:57:30 +0000 Received: from njs3 by oak71.doc.ic.ac.uk with local (Exim 1.62 #3) id 0y83oS-0002Cm-00; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 13:57:24 +0000 From: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 13:57:24 +0000 In-Reply-To: "Christopher G. Petrilli" "Re: Thanks, but..." (Feb 26, 8:27am) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.5 10/14/92) To: "Christopher G. Petrilli" , Niall Smart Subject: Re: Thanks, but... Cc: Nicolas Pondemer , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Feb 26, 8:27am, "Christopher G. Petrilli" wrote: } Subject: Re: Thanks, but... > > As with any system with a single "deity" account, this will always be a > problem.... you have to trust your administrators inplicitly, as there's > no way to stop them from doing whatever they want... > > Like I said, this is aproblem with ALL single-level security mechanisms. It's apparent with ALL security mechanisms, not just single level ones. An MLS system doesn't solve this problem. Niall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message