TRON: Process–specific file protection for the UNIX operating system

USENIX 1995 Technical Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1995, Pages

  Berman, Andrew ^a   Bourassa, Virgil ^a   Selberg, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; SOFTWARE TESTING;

COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS; CURRENT COMPUTING; DISCRETIONARY ACCESS CONTROL; OPERATING SYSTEM KERNEL; PROTECTION MECHANISMS; PROTECTION SYSTEMS; SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS; UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM;

UNIX;

EID: 85084161168     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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