Computer Network Security Questions

1.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Sandbox is part of the trusted computing base.? Justify your answer.

2. A computer system provides protection using the Bell-LaPadula policy. How would virus spread if

a. the virus were placed on the system at system low (the compartment that all other compartments dominate)?

b. the virus were placed on the system at system high (the compartment that dominates all other compartments)?

3. Discuss controls that would prevent Dennis Ritchies's bacterium from absorbing all system resources and causing a system crash.

4. Extend the example of deriving of required logging information to the full Bell-LaPadula Model with both security levels and compartments.

5. The Windows NT logger allows the system administrator to define events to be entered into the security log. In the example, the system administrator configured the logger to record process execution and termination. What other events might the system administrator wish to record?