[comp.unix.i386] Re^2: 386/486, well configured: HOW MANY USERS?

dacseg@uts.amdahl.com (Scott E. Garfinkle) (02/23/90)

From article <129@n4hgf.uucp>, by wht@n4hgf.uucp (Warren Tucker):
>>			2 floppies
> 
> Take out one floppy and throw it away from you as hard as you can
> (preferably back onto the supplier's shelf) and replace it with a
> 60 or 80 Mb tape.
A much better idea is to have one each high densitgy 3.5" and 5.25" floppies --
makes data exchange much easier.  Similarly, having a QIC-24 compatible
60 mb tape (e.g. Archive) provides backup and an easy method to exchange
tapes with Suns, etc.
> 
>    SCO is _much_ easier to configure and administer.
>    The C2 Trusted Computer features are for neurotics, paranoids,
> left-brains, or worse yet government control freaks.  Not recommended
> for sane human beings.
I agree with the latter statement, though it somewhat contradicts the former
statement -- there is *no* way to remove completely the secureware (C2/B1)
stuff from SCO Unix.  Also, having installed/administerd both SCO Unix and
ESIX, I wouldn't necessarily say that SCO is a *lot* better.

Also, make *real* sure that the ethernet board you get is supported by the
OS you plan to buy!  The WD8003e seems in general to be far and away the
safest choice.  (Same idea applies, of course, to disk, tape, etc.  cards.)


	Scott E. Garfinkle

bitbug@lonewolf.sun.com (James Buster) (03/01/90)

In article <8d.I02cO8a0k01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> dacseg@uts.amdahl.com (Scott E. Garfinkle) writes:
>>    SCO is _much_ easier to configure and administer.
>>    The C2 Trusted Computer features are for neurotics, paranoids,
>> left-brains, or worse yet government control freaks.  Not recommended
>> for sane human beings.
>I agree with the latter statement, though it somewhat contradicts the former
>statement -- there is *no* way to remove completely the secureware (C2/B1)
>stuff from SCO Unix.  Also, having installed/administerd both SCO Unix and
>ESIX, I wouldn't necessarily say that SCO is a *lot* better.

Since SCO doesn't have Mandatory Access Control, it can hardly even
entertain the notion of B1 security. As for C2, it is relatively simple
to add C2 features to Unix. That SCO may have botched the job doesn't
damn C2 in general. I will say that, IMHO, most people who think
they need C2 or B1 features really don't, and that they are deluding
themselves about the effort necessary to maintain a really secure system.
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