Eric Nystrom wrote:
On Mon, 14 Apr 1997 ichudov@algebra.com wrote:
Multiuser Unix Security == No Security.
Your users may have illusions, but not true security.
First thing I'd suggest is to explain them that nothing that goes through that central unix machine is truly secure.
It's absolutely true that nothing on a centralized Unix machine is truly secure. However, is abandoning all pretenses of crypto and security in favor of holding out for a utopian ideal really the best solution? Does using encryption for email on multiuser machines actually hurt the cause of the security community in the long run?
I would not call it truly "utopian". There is not much that's needed to achieve reasonable personal security, protecting from attacks from the Internet -- an individual (pesonal) computer system that offers no internet services. Could be bought for $300 or less. - Igor.