WHMurray@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL (06/06/90)
>Again, it is just a matter of choice. Unix was intended to be a programmer's >system; as such it does a great job. With all systems, there is a tradeoff >between functionality and security, the trick is to find the right >balance. True. But it also makes the point of what happens when systems outgrow, or simply outlast, their intended application and environment. The Unix problem is complicated by the fact that it carries with it styles of use and management that were appropriate for stand-alone support of small homogenous user populations, but which are disastrous when employed in networked systems with large heterogenuous populations. (I will spare you a re-cap of "The Cuckoo's Egg.") William Hugh Murray, Executive Consultant, Information System Security 21 Locust Avenue, Suite 2D, New Canaan, Connecticut 06840 203 966 4769, WHMurray at DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL