On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Ames, Neil wrote:
> Ron,
> Your gripe with HP is that they should have given you shadow
> passwords by default instead of only when you switched to Trusted
> mode--never allowing you to store your crypt-ed passwords in
> /etc/passwd--right? (That's Solaris behavior out of the box, isn't it?)
> I have *only* worked in the TCB environment, and don't see it as that
> big a hassle (any worse that DEC's or IBM's)--though they're all a bit
> of pain.
>
>
> --Fritz
>
You ever try to take a hosed environment and CONVER them to TCB? You will
break SO much stuff, SO fast it would make your head spin. =) If you start
with security, it's less painful. It's when it's an afterthought that the
brutality really kicks in.
--
Carric Dooley
COM2:Interactive Media
http://www.com2usa.com
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