RE: Fwd: Emergency access

[James Turnbull <jamest@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Dennis Knee [SMTP:dknee@norcal.org]
>Sent:  Thursday, May 01, 1997 9:17 PM
>To:    MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject:       Re: Fwd: Emergency access
>
>A problem I see with this entire approach is that the programmer 
>could easily create a program of their own that adopts the higher 
>authority. - They could call that program, and do whatever they want. 
>- You would need to audit, and closely monitor what is happening.
>
>No necessarily.  Under 3.6 (or is it 3.7? hmm must reread the doco) adopted
>authority is a lot more closely examined.  Programs are not able to adopt a
>higher authority and you can curb some of your more inventive programmers in
>their attempts to ignore/override whatever security you have set up.
>
>
>                                                       James Turnbull
>
>
>
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