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Re: NCSC B1 OS & Kerboros

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Truitt)
Thu Oct 27 13:52:24 1994

To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 17:11:35 GMT
From: jtruitt@dw3f.ess.harris.com (Jim Truitt)
Reply-To: jtruitt@dw3f.ess.harris.com (Jim Truitt)

Try the "Red Book", also called the TNI, which means Trusted Network
Interpretation of the TCSEC.

You May find it useful.

Jim Truit

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>I am looking into how to setup a NCSC B1 UNIX machine, is there a role
>that Kerboros can play such as providing the authetication ?

Kerberos implements authentication over a network.  The NCSC "Orange Book"
criteria, on the other hand, concern security within a single machine.
So Kerberos isn't likely to be part of a B1-evaluated operating system.

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