According to [1], the original Multics trap door that Thompson cites as his inspiration was distributed, to an Air force installation no less.
Tangentially, I'm more fascinated by the fact that Paul Karger, the lead author on [1], was a principal on a Class A1 secure hypervisor for the VAX, which DEC essentially finished, but cancelled in 1991. [2]
Tangentially, I'm more fascinated by the fact that Paul Karger, the lead author on [1], was a principal on a Class A1 secure hypervisor for the VAX, which DEC essentially finished, but cancelled in 1991. [2]
[1] - see paragraph 3.1 - http://hack.org/mc/texts/classic-multics.pdf [2] - http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~ccpalmer/classes/cs55/Content/r...