Re: comparison of security of different operating system architectures

From: Casey Schaufler (casey@sgi.com)
Date: 12/31/01 

From: Casey Schaufler <casey@sgi.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 09:10:12 -0800

Marco Heusler wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> i have to write a little paper where i have to compare different operating
> systems (e.g. Windows (9x, 2000), Linux, ...) concerning their security.
> i think that there is a very broad spectrum of what could be compared.
> so to narrow it all a little bit down i am looking for advice on the topics i
> should cover.
> would it be wrong to cover things like protocol stack security, user management,
> access control lists or/and are there other important parts?
>
> any help on this is appreciated.

Detailed OS security analysis documents written by the NSA can be
found on

        http://www.radium.ncsc.mil/TPEP

There should be enough there to suit your needs. Enjoy. 

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