FW: naming and terminology

[Paul Leach <paulle@microsoft.com>]

Ran suggested to me that the attached might be of interest to the whole 
list.  I sent it in response to his post on terminology, relevant 
portions excerpted below...
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From: Paul Leach
To: atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil
Subject: RE: naming and terminology
Date: Friday, November 10, 1995 11:07AM

Just FYI -- Windows NT has full DAC (passes C2 in appropriate configs) 
and Windows 95 has optional DAC on volumes when accessed over the 
network (the relevant case for IPSEC).  So, PCs these days care about 
authenticating users making remote requests.
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] From: Ran Atkinson  <atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil>
] To:  <ipsec@ans.net>
] Subject: naming and terminology
] Date: Thursday, November 09, 1995 2:37PM
]
]
] Folks,
[ snip, snip snip...]
]
]
] Discretionary Access Controls (DAC):	Access controls on an object
] 			(e.g. file) that are at the discretion of the owner
] 			of that object (e.g. file).  This includes MOST
] 			commercial operating systems. DOS and Windows
] 			and MacOS are examples of systems that lack
] 			DAC.

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