[Info-vax] VMS Privileges Versus Linux Capabilities

[Jerry Eckert]

On 6/21/2016 10:20 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> As implemented, nobody in their right mind would want to use SEVMS, or
> any other traditional mandatory access control system for that matter.
> Some folks — certainly of their right mind — do have to use mandatory
> access controls, because of their environment and the sorts of data they
> have stored on their servers.  Mandatory access control security is not
> easy to manage, nor to use.

If anyone is interested in experiencing first-hand how incredibly 
difficult it is to manage a MAC environment, some folks now have Multics 
running on a Simh-based DPS-8 emulation. The emulator and OS are 
available for download. Much of the Multics documentation is available 
on BitSavers.