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SubjectRe: Linux needs flexible security
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> SNIPPED all.
>
> You just need a 'RUN' utility (Just like VAX/VMS). It is the only thing
> that could fork() and exec..(). This is not Unix, but could be readily
> encorporated into a system that uses the Linux kernel as a core, but
> has modified 'C' runtime libraries.
>
> Any/all programs make their system calls through this utility. Foreign
> programs wouldn't even execute. It's all been done before and it works
> for good security.

Wow. Did you need a special binary for each syscall then? Will you
need a special library libc library for each possible use of the
syscall now? How do you propose to have multiple security layers?
And how on earth can you have a debugger working with this?

>
>
> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson
>
> Penguin : Linux version 2.3.13 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips).
> Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
>
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