Rule Based Analysis of Computer Security
Computers are rarely as secure as they could be. Users are lax or inconsistent in the way they configure a computer's protection system, and these user mistakes often lead to serious security holes. For example, a privileged user might accidentally make his login initialization file publicly...
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| author | Baldwin, Robert W. |
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| description | Computers are rarely as secure as they could be. Users are lax or inconsistent in the way they configure a computer's protection system, and these user mistakes often lead to serious security holes. For example, a privileged user might accidentally make his login initialization file publicly writable and that mistake could allow ordinary users to acquire super-user privileges. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1496652023-03-30T04:04:55Z Rule Based Analysis of Computer Security Baldwin, Robert W. Computers are rarely as secure as they could be. Users are lax or inconsistent in the way they configure a computer's protection system, and these user mistakes often lead to serious security holes. For example, a privileged user might accidentally make his login initialization file publicly writable and that mistake could allow ordinary users to acquire super-user privileges. 2023-03-29T15:15:27Z 2023-03-29T15:15:27Z 1988-03 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/149665 18430081 MIT-LCS-TR-401 application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Baldwin, Robert W. Rule Based Analysis of Computer Security |
| title | Rule Based Analysis of Computer Security |
| title_full | Rule Based Analysis of Computer Security |
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| title_short | Rule Based Analysis of Computer Security |
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| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/149665 |
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