Comparison Paper between the Bell and LaPadula Model

Tad Taylor
1984 1984 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy  
This paper provides a brief explanation of the two most cited models in the field of computer security and points out the basic differences between them. There ia a common misconception in the field that the MLS tool for HDM ia designed to be an implementation of the Bell and LaPadula model. In fact, the MLS tool is an implementation of a model that resembles Bell and LaPadula in some aspects but is different in many, very important ways. Furthermore, this paper makea a plea for the community
more » ... be more precise in their usage of terms from the models and to identify the model with which they"re dealing.
doi:10.1109/sp.1984.10021 dblp:conf/sp/Taylor84 fatcat:urnktgxa4jbvtg27iyjy5mxogi