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Unit 8: System Protection

9. How does the principle of least privilege aid in the creation of protection systems? Notes
10. How can systems that implement the principle of least privilege still have protection
failures that lead to security violations?
11. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of capability based system.

12. What is the goal of protection in Operating System?
13. Discuss about the DoD policy in system protection.
14. What is Workflow Management Coalition (WFMC)?

15. Explain the Mandatory Access Control (MAC).
Answers to Self Assessment

1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (b)
6. (c) 7. Access 8. Object

8.9 Further Readings

Operating Systems, by Andrew Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull.
Operating Systems, by Stuart E. Madnick, John J. Donovan.

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