North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical What have we learned in 3 decades? Not much.
The guys who did the Multics penetration tests for the Air Force have re-released it, with commentary on what 30 years has changed (and more importantly, not changed). Most depressing quote: Thus, systems that are weaker than Multics are consid- ered for use in environments in excess of what even Mul- tics could deliver without restructuring around a security kernel. There really seem to be only four possible con- clusions from this: either (1) today's systems are really much more secure than we claim; (2) today's potential attackers are much less capable or motivated; (3) the in- formation being processed is much less valuable; or (4) people are unwilling or unable to recognize the compel- ling need to employ much better technical solutions. http://domino.watson.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/papers/FDEFBEBC9DD3E35485256C2C004B0F0D/$File/RC22534.pdf Attachment:
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