[14314] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Reliance on Microsoft called risk to U.S. security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Walker)
Sun Sep 28 04:22:29 2003
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Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 23:41:43 +0100
From: Paul Walker <paul@black-sun.demon.co.uk>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
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On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 01:51:52PM -0400, Jeroen C.van Gelderen wrote:
> Are you familiar with the KeyKOS and EROS operating systems and/or
> Stiegler's CapDesk, a secure desktop in Java? They are all based on the
Without wishing to belittle the authors (EROS is definitely impressive; I'm
not familiar with the others), I suspect one reason that they don't have
many problems is because very few people use them. If they started to become
more widely used, I wonder how long before compromises would creep in.
--
Paul
I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a
Great White or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot. -- Axel Rose
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