I vaguely (note: *vaguely*; that's why I don't want to commit to it) recall
a DMR paper about 7RE security which started out with something along the
lines of "Unix was not designed for security, which virtually guarantees a
large number of security holes".
You are correct in saying that this does not translate to "broken by design"
--- unless you take a "hard-line" approach to security, in which any OS not
designed from the ground up for security is considered virtually impossible
to secure.
(Then again, *that* argument goes back almost as far as the DMR paper. It
might even be mentioned in the paper; I really don't remember any more.)
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering carnegie mellon university (bsa@kf8nh is still valid.)
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