On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Lisa's unattended mail < lisa.watson-6oh1k...@cool.fr.nf> wrote:
> On 2012-06-29, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > (DARPA) has awarded a $21.4 million contract to create a locked-down > > version of the Android operating system for use in the field, > > This is like saying "convert this go-kart into an armored howitzer". > > Very misguided. For military use, Android has nothing to offer. They > should be starting from scratch, or porting an already secure platform > to an ARM device. > > Incorrect. The fact that Android _devices_ don't have much to offer does not mean that Android [the stack] does not. Quite to the contrary, currently some of the more advanced security technologies (e.g. full-fledged TEE: trusted execution environment) have commercially-available Android ports (some actually _only_ on Android.) Project Fishbowl is another example, so is SEAndroid (checkout Stephen Smalley's post to this ML.) -HN -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Security Discussions" group. > To post to this group, send email to > android-security-discuss@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-security-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To post to this group, send email to android-security-discuss@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-security-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en.
