Unix System Security

20 October 1987

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We discuss here some of the security hazards of the UNIX system, and suggest ways to protect against them, in the hope that an educated community of users will lead to a level of protection that is stronger, but far more important, which represents a reasonable and thoughtful balance between security and case of use of the system. We will construct parallel examples for other systems, but we encourage readers to do so for themselves.