Re: Supporting POSIX *users*

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 17:20 +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 05:13:13PM +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> > If a user runs a unsecure program, and that program screws things up,
> > it is the users fault.
> 
> The cool thing about a secure system is that the program is unable to screw
> things up unless the user has explicitly given it access to all its private
> data, which is highly unlikely.

Yes, but the *really* cool thing about a secure system is that even when
the user does this, they can't screw *me* up.

shap