Re: Making Computers Secure

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From: J. Clarke
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 03:09

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On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 10:24:48 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc
<jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

>On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 8:35:25 AM UTC-7, Jorgen Grahn wrote:
>> On Tue, 2018-01-30, Quadibloc wrote:
>
>> > On some tech news site, I came across a comment to the effect that things like 
>> > Meltdown and Spectre wouldn't be such a big deal...
>
>> > if the only executable content our computers ran were programs we installed on 
>> > them.
>
>> That ignores the multiuser aspect of computers.
>
>Well, if a computer is multi-user, you only want the admins to be able to 
>install software. Requiring applications software to be usable by users other 
>than an admin would promote good coding practice...

It's the 21st century.  "Admin" is a more complex term than you think
it is.  I am an admin for a machine that is hosted on Amazon.  I can
install and delete software, authorize and deny users, establish
domain privileges, the whole nine yards.  However there is a higher
level of admin that is allowed to create virtual machines such as the
one for which I am an admin.

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