Re: Friendly and secure desktop operating system

[Goetz Von Berlichingen <goetzvonberlichingen () comcast net>]

Timo Sirainen wrote:

> For a while I've been wondering if it's possible to create an operating
> system that would allow "stupid" users to easily do whatever they want,
> but still prevent viruses and other malware from doing any harm.
>
> Today I finally spent a few minutes thinking about it and then wrote
> some of the thoughts down:
> http://iki.fi/tss/security/friendly-secure-os.html
 You're talking about a mandatory access control OS - see SELinux, 
TrustedBSD, Trusted Solaris, Flask/Flux, Trusted IRIX - described in the 
Orange Book.

Goetz


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