On Tuesday 24 September 2002 7:36 am, Jack Denman wrote: | Not at all. I have a Russian co-worker that told me that the Russian | military uses UNIX. That makes me feel a little safer. |
Well, as far as I know FAPSI (�����, ����������� �������� ����������������� ����� == Federal Agency of Government Telecommunication Services) requested Microsoft to open cryptography code in Windows 2000, before Windows is installed in government offices. There is nothing special in such request, as it's federal requirement - to check all critical paths in installemnts. In particular, FAPSI checks all telecommunications (telephone, Internet/network, etc.) And guess what?.. Microsoft rejected to allow audit of their cryptography! // Crazy, crazy Microsoft! And guess what happened next? FAPSI put restrictions on distribution of Microsoft software. Welll, real looser of this story was Microsoft. FAPSI made an order prohibiting sales of Windows 2000 (and other versions) which contain 128-bit cryptography. Now Microsoft has obligation to ship to Russia all WIndows 2000 (and XP) boxes with *40-bit* code only. // sorry for off-topic. Couldn't resist! | Jack Denman | | On Monday 23 September 2002 12:09, Keith Packard wrote: | > Around 20 o'clock on Sep 21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | > > Keith's blowing up rockets with a friend in the desert this weekend, | > > so he may not respond for a bit (though I gather he may have mail | > > contact). | > | > As anyone who's been to the Black Rock desert in Nevada can attest, | > there is no terrestrial network access of any kind there. We did have | > 802.11b running between the launch control module and the launch tower | > to drive the firing computer though. It's a bit odd to place Linux in | > charge of explosives... | > | > Keith Packard XFree86 Core Team HP Cambridge Research Lab | > _______________________________________________ | > Render mailing list | > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/render -- Vadim Plessky http://kde2.newmail.ru (English) 33 Window Decorations and 6 Widget Styles for KDE http://kde2.newmail.ru/kde_themes.html KDE mini-Themes http://kde2.newmail.ru/themes/ _______________________________________________ Render mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/render
