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Orange Book
Orange Book /n./ The U.S. Government's standards document
"Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria, DOD standard
5200.28-STD, December, 1985" which characterize secure computing
architectures and defines levels A1 (most secure) through D
(least). Stock Unixes are roughly C1, and can be upgraded to about
C2 without excessive pain. See also crayola books, book
titles.
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