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- From: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.sys.att
- Subject: Re: Info on USL SvR4.1 ES, a B2-secure Unix
- Message-ID: <PCG.93Jan2215926@decb.aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 21:59:26 GMT
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- Reply-To: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi)
- Organization: Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth
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- In-Reply-To: hsi@netwrx1.NW1.COM's message of 31 Dec 92 20: 28:14 GMT
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- On 31 Dec 92 20:28:14 GMT, hsi@netwrx1.NW1.COM (Peter Hsi) said:
- Followup-To: poster
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- hsi> I'm considering USL SvR4.1ES, AT&T's B2-secure Unix for the 3B2 and
- hsi> Intel-based systems.
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- As far as I know their 4.2 product (Destiny, UniWare, whatever) also
- includes the B2 security stuff.
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- hsi> Does anybody know if...
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- hsi> 1. Standard system calls are used for the secure operations?
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- Yes.
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- hsi> 2. Can this operating system be installed on non-AT&T computers
- hsi> such as any common Intel-based PC's?
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- Yes.
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- hsi> 3. Is secure TCP/IP or other networking software available?
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- Not easily, and it is *very* expensive. In practice only the military
- believe in an oxymoron like "secure networking". :-)
- --
- Piercarlo Grandi, Dept of CS, PC/UW@Aberystwyth <pcg@aber.ac.uk>
- E l'italiano cantava, cantava. E le sue disperate invocazioni giunsero
- alle orecchie del suo divino protettore, il dio della barzelletta
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