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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ When we say that a program trusts another, we mean that [[correctness]] of the former depends on the cooperation of the latter. For instance, when a user runs ssh, the user's intention is that all communication is encrypted. In this case, the user trusts that the ssh binary respects this intent. In Unix, a program's -[[trusted computing base|tcb]] consists not only of the kernel (and all the drivers, +[[tcb]] consists not only of the kernel (and all the drivers, file systems and protocol stacks that it contains) but every program running under the same UID; it is impossible to protect against [[DestructiveInterference]] from programs running under the same UID. |