[Info-vax] "VAX, VMS, UNIX and other minicomputers"...

[Bob Gezelter]

On Friday, May 11, 2012 10:47:03 AM UTC-4, DTL wrote:
> I'm preparing my CISSP certification and I found this in the book "Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK Certification" (2nd Edition, p. 116):
> 
> "Discretionary controls represent a very early form of access control and were widely employed in VAX, VMS, UNIX and other minicomputers ../.."
> 
> LOL

DTL,

I would like to see a more extensive citation.

In particular, I would like to see what the author believes to be "modern" access controls. 

Systems with mandatory access controls (B-level in the Orange book) have not made significant progress in adoption over the years.

I would offer as a reference my chapter on OpenVMS Security in the Handbook of Information Security (H. Bidgoli, Ed., Wiley, 2005). However, if the CISSP Guide is providing incorrect information, it should be addressed.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com