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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!rockyd!cmcl2!usenet From: fox@graphics.cs.nyu.edu (David Fox) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: need secure OS to entrust millions to Date: 24 Feb 1996 18:03:59 -0500 Organization: NYU Media Research Lab. Lines: 13 Sender: fox@graphics.cs.nyu.edu Message-ID: <y5ad974s4v4.fsf@graphics.cs.nyu.edu> References: <4gi6t6$3h9@lace.colorado.edu> <312D2029.FF6D5DF@FreeBSD.org> <nc0453Dn96w6.93F@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: graphics.cs.nyu.edu In-reply-to: nc0453@netcom.com's message of Sat, 24 Feb 1996 00:04:53 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:18794 comp.os.linux.misc:90303 comp.os.linux.networking:30857 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:14990 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2400 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2562 In article <nc0453Dn96w6.93F@netcom.com> nc0453@netcom.com (-) writes: ] >Buy a commercial OS and the best support contract money can buy. ] ] So that you can place blame on someone else? Of course, so that you know there is someone standing behind the system who is competent enough that they have the confidence to take legal responsibility for the security of the software. It would be foolish to do otherwise. -- David Fox http://found.cs.nyu.edu/fox xoF divaD NYU Media Research Lab baL hcraeseR aideM UYN