docs/69968: minor clarification in mac glossary

Aasmund Eikli inter at o12a.com
Tue Aug 3 23:30:13 UTC 2004


>Number:         69968
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       minor clarification in mac glossary
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
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>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 03 23:30:12 GMT 2004
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>Originator:     Aasmund Eikli
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>Description:
From: <Allon Stern> allon at fgm.com

In the document
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/mac-glossary.html

The line:
    •     sensitivity: Usually used when discussing MLS. A sensitivity level is a term used to describe how important or secret the data should be. As the sensitivity level increases, so does the importance of the data.

Is inaccurate. It should read "As the sensitivity level increases, so does the importance of the secrecy (or confidentiality) of the data".

The data doesn't necessarily become more important; rather the importance of not disclosing the data is increased.

-
Allon Stern
FGM, Inc. 
>How-To-Repeat:
N/A
>Fix:
I took the liberty of attaching a change request. It's in the hands on the powers that be now. 

Patch:

--- chapter.sgml        Tue Jul 27 15:53:34 2004
+++ chapter.sgml.2      Tue Aug  3 18:29:27 2004
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@
     <para><emphasis>sensitivity</emphasis>: Usually used when
      discussing <acronym>MLS</acronym>.  A sensitivity level is
      a term used to describe how important or secret the data
-     should be.  As the sensitivity level increases, so does the
-     importance of the data.</para>
+     should be. As the sensitivity level increases, so does the
+     importance of the secrecy (or confidentiality) of the data.</para>
      </listitem>
  
     <listitem>

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