Dennis M. Ritchie (1979)
UNIX Programmer's Manual, Section 4.1.
URL: https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/secman.html
Abstract. Ritchie's remarkably candid 1979 memo on Unix's security model and its limitations. Discusses setuid, the integrity of the system administrator's account, and why 'Unix was not developed with security, in any realistic sense, in mind.'
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