The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security

Security Problems with the UNIX Operating System

Author

Matt Bishop

Entry type

techreport

Abstract

As the UNIX operating system becomes more widely used, considerations of operating system security and data integrity become more important. Unfortunately, UNIX has deficiencies in this regard. This note describes several ways of violating the protection mechanisms provided by UNIX, and where appropriate suggests solutions.

Institution

Purdue University

Key alpha

Bishop

Organization

National Science Foundation

Pages

1-24

Affiliation

Purdue University

Publication Date

0000-00-00

Keywords

UNIX security, security problems, protection mechanisms

Language

English

Location

A hard-copy of this is in the Papers Cabinet

Subject

UNIX Security Problems

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