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Conference csc32::consolemanager

Title:POLYCENTER Console Manager
Notice:Kits, Scans, Docs on CSC32:: as PCM$KITS:,PCM$DOCS:, PCM$SCANS:
Moderator:CSC32::BUTTERWORTH
Created:Thu Aug 06 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1541
Total number of notes:6564

927.0. "MLS+ / MAXSIX???" by 51678::MALM (My God! It's full of stars...) Wed Aug 16 1995 07:59

Hi!

We've a customer that is going to use MLS+ and MAXSIX on some systems for
a special reason (=security). He also wants to manage/supervise the systems
with modern tools, probably like system watchdog, Console Manager, Netview etc.

Does anybody know if our polycenter products runs under MLS+ and/or MAXSIX,
either on the supervised or the supervising system?


regards

Staffan Malm
DC, Sweden


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927.129067::BUTTERWORTHGun Control is a steady hand.Thu Aug 17 1995 14:165
    Well I don't know what the MLS+ and MAXSYS products do. Can you give us
    some more info about them and maybe we can give you an answer.
    
    Regs,
      Dan
927.2Security...51678::MALMMy God! It's full of stars...Fri Aug 18 1995 04:0612

MLS+ is a "security enhanced" version of Ultrix. MLS stands for "Multi Level
Security", what the "+" stands for is still a question... :-)

MAXSIX is some sort of TCP/IP... With more security features.

I'm quite convinced that PCM will do fine in supervising a MLS+ system, but
I wonder if it will run on a MLS+ system.


/Staffan
927.3not MLS+ as server host56525::KUNGFri Aug 18 1995 13:232
    I remember talking with Phil Baxter about this, and the answer is
    no we will not support MLS+ as a server host running PCM.
927.4we might not support it on the spd or from engineering but the CSC here is sure being pushed to support it... argh!42326::COFFEYJThe Uk CSC Unix Girlie.Tue Aug 29 1995 12:4920
Oh heck.... 


In that case digital in the UK are potentially in a nasty situation 
with, probably the biggest security customer you can think of. 

We currently have MLS+ machines running PCM (it installs and behaves 
ok) however as MLS+ is based on OSF/1 V2.1 we can only install V1.5.

I've a customer call right now that there's sufficient pressure (for that 
read money!) that supported or not we're being pushed to do all we 
can. There are IPMTs being logged to compilers groups requesting 
a kind of retro-fit of patches and if it turns out that 1.6 or 
1.6's ECO would fix this customer problem there'll be a lot of 
pressure to at least provide a version of 1.6 of PCM that has
been built on 2.1 so we can use it on MLS+ !

I'll check the changes so far or known setup problems obviously 
but I suspect it may well be attempted to be escalated to engineering.
927.5CSC32::BUTTERWORTHGun Control is a steady hand.Tue Aug 29 1995 12:5713
    >pressure to at least provide a version of 1.6 of PCM that has
    >been built on 2.1 so we can use it on MLS+ !
    
    >I'll check the changes so far or known setup problems obviously
    >but I suspect it may well be attempted to be escalated to engineering.
    
    I hope they have a lot of pressure (read money) as this is obviously a
    request for an enhancement IMHO and I can tell you that there is no 
    funding for us to just do it.
    
    REgs,
      Dan
927.642326::COFFEYJThe Uk CSC Unix Girlie.Tue Aug 29 1995 13:1913
>   I hope they have a lot of pressure (read money) 

Well, for the other bits of this project there's a heck of a lot 
that'll be withheld... others can explain it better (and I'll 
get them to on an IPMT if I have to) ... 

For the minute, as I said I'll hope maybe it's not something 
fixed in 1.6 and it's just a matter of config... If I "pretend" it's
an OSF V2.1 system (which in effect it is with extra security 
stuff on top) then maybe we'll get somewhere in here..