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Re: UnixWare
From: aem () symbiosis ahp com (a.e.mossberg)
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 10:48:56 -0500 (EDT)
From the desk of Gene Spafford:
* Footnote: I'm running a security research lab here. We've got a half-dozen projects under way on tools for existing systems, including Tripwire. I approached one major vendor about some support for the next version of Tripwire and some work on an intrusion detection system. The response: "We are not concerned about the security of our systems." A second major vendor appears to have no one internally who is responsible for research into improved system security or tools for their products. Sun Microsystems is the only vendor which has provided support for our work; I note they are also one of the few Unix vendors with active, visible internal research, accessible response personnel, and who make a real attempt to widely-publicize fixes in a timely manner -- without charge, too. They aren't perfect, but they're trying. Can the same be said about *your* vendor? And if not, why are you giving them your business?
Since we've bought HP systems, I've seen HP go from having little visible concern on security problems to significant active work on providing access to their security staff and issuing, very quickly, patchs for problems, which are now publically accessible. So, yes, the same can be said of HP. aem -- Andrew Mossberg Network Administrator Symbiosis Corporation, Miami FL (305) 597-4110 fax 597-4002, MD5OfPublicKey: 15784D117CC103912AEC427A3A99BA83
Current thread:
- Re: UnixWare Carl Corey (Apr 26)
- Re: UnixWare Perry E. Metzger (Apr 27)
- Re: UnixWare Michael Neuman (Apr 27)
- Re: UnixWare Gene Spafford (Apr 27)
- Re: UnixWare a.e.mossberg (Apr 28)
- Re: UnixWare Gene Spafford (Apr 28)
- Re: UnixWare David A. Curry (Apr 28)
- HP's security stance (was Re: UnixWare) Bennett Todd (Apr 28)
- Re: HP's security stance (was Re: UnixWare) Gene Spafford (Apr 28)
- Re: UnixWare Christopher Klaus (Apr 28)
- Re: UnixWare Gene Spafford (Apr 28)
- Re: UnixWare Michael Neuman (Apr 27)
- Re: UnixWare Perry E. Metzger (Apr 27)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: UnixWare Carl Corey (Apr 27)
- Re: UnixWare der Mouse (Apr 27)
- Re: UnixWare Casper Dik (Apr 27)
- Re: UnixWare Perry E. Metzger (Apr 27)