Re: Linux needs flexible security

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Sat, 20 Nov 1999 20:37:31 -0500 (EST)


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.

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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