MULTICS DESIGN DOCUMENT MDD-001
To: MDD Distribution
From: Benson I. Margulies
Date: June 1, 1985
Subject: Introduction and Index of Multics Design Documents
Abstract:
Introduction to Multics Design Documents. The index of all
Multics Design Documents.
Revisions:
REVISION DATE AUTHOR
initial 85-06-01 Benson I. Margulies
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Multics Design Documents are the official design descriptions of
the Multics Trusted Computing Base. They are internal documents,
which may be released outside of Multics System Development only
with the approval of the Director.
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CONTENTS
Page
Section 1 Multics Design Documents . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.1 Overview of Multics Design
Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2 Creation of MDD's . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.3 Content of MDD's . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.4 Update of MDD's . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.5 Audit and Approval of MDD's . . . 1-2
1.6 Obsolesence of MDD's . . . . . . . 1-2
Section 2 Index of Multics Design Documents . . . . 2-1
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SECTION 1
MULTICS DESIGN DOCUMENTS
_1_._1 _O_V_E_R_V_I_E_W _O_F _M_U_L_T_I_C_S _D_E_S_I_G_N _D_O_C_U_M_E_N_T_S
The Multics Design Documents are a series of documents that
make up the design documentation required by the "Criteria for
the Evaluation of Trusted Computer Systems". Most of the
documents in the series describe the design of subsystems of the
TCB. There are a few exceptions, such as this document, and the
MDD that provides an overview of the design of the entire TCB.
_1_._2 _C_R_E_A_T_I_O_N _O_F _M_D_D_'_S
New MDD's are written when new subsystems are added to the
Multics TCB, or when a need arises to add other special documents
to the set. MDD's are assigned numbers by the Multics Security
Coordinator.
_1_._3 _C_O_N_T_E_N_T _O_F _M_D_D_'_S
MAB-071, "Multics Programming Standards", provides standards
for the content and format of MDD's. In brief, MDD's that
describe subsystems are required to describe:
ox The role of the subsystem in the system.
ox The security policies defined and enforced by the subsystem.
ox The functional implementation of the subsystem to the level
of detail of the interactions between modules.
MDD's are not required to include field-by-field descriptions of
data structures or subroutine descriptions of entrypoints. This
information is contained in the relevant sources and include
files.
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_1_._4 _U_P_D_A_T_E _O_F _M_D_D_'_S
MDD's are updated when developers make system changes so
that they always accurately describe the official system.
MAB-066, "Configuration Management: Software Development
Procedures", governs MDD update and insures that MDD's are
updated to correspond to installed code.
Only one version of each MDD will be maintained in the
library. Old revisions will be discarded.
_1_._5 _A_U_D_I_T _A_N_D _A_P_P_R_O_V_A_L _O_F _M_D_D_'_S
New and changed MDD's are checked by the Documentation Unit
for grammatical and spelling errors, audited by a peer of the
author, and approved by the Security Coordinator.
_1_._6 _O_B_S_O_L_E_S_E_N_C_E _O_F _M_D_D_'_S
When a subsystem is removed from the Multics TCB, one or
more MDD's may become completely obsolete. The Security
Coordinator will update this document to indicate obsolete MDD's.
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SECTION 2
INDEX OF MULTICS DESIGN DOCUMENTS
NUMBER REVISION TITLE
MDD-001 1.0 Overview and Index of Multics
Design Documents
MDD-002 initial Multics Security Model -- Bell and
LaPadula
MDD-003 unpublished Overview of the Multics TCB
MDD-004 initial Multics Functional Test Suite: Goals,
Standards and Maintenance Policy
MDD-005 initial System Initialization
MDD-006 initial Directory Control
MDD-007 initial VTOCE File System
MDD-008 initial Online Storage Volume Management
MDD-009 unpublished Resource Control Package
MDD-010 initial System / User Control
MDD-011 unpublished Security Auditing
MDD-012 unpublished I/O Interfacer (IOI)
MDD-013 initial MSEG: Message Segments and Mailboxes
MDD-014 unpublished Page Control
MDD-015 unpublished Segment Control
MDD-016 unpublished Volume Backup Dumper
MDD-017 unpublished Hierarchy Backup Dumper
MDD-018 unpublished Interprocess Communication
MDD-019 unpublished Traffic Control
MDD-020 unpublished I/O Daemon, Miscellaneous I/O Modules
MDD-021 unpublished Reconfiguration
MDD-022 unpublished Name and Address Space Management
MDD-023 unpublished Run Time Environment
MDD-024 unpublished Fault and Interrupt Handling
MDD-025 unpublished System Administration
MDD-026 unpublished Online Tests and Diagnostics
MDD-027 unpublished Ring-0 Auditing and Logging
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and BULL HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system.
Multics development was initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC (1963-1970),
renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the mid 1970s, under the leadership
of Professor Fernando Jose Corbato. Users consider that Multics provided the best software architecture
for managing computer hardware properly and for executing programs. Many subsequent operating systems
incorporated Multics principles.
Multics was distributed in 1975 to 2000 by Group Bull in Europe , and in the U.S. by Bull HN Information Systems Inc.,
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