Re: [SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux

2001-01-01 Thread Umar Goldeli
There's no "pestering" about it. They flat out demand it. The NSA is the sole reason it was so fscking hard to get a 128 bit browser outside the USA for years. And that pretty much suggests that they're comforable with breaking it now.. //umar. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing

Re: [SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux

2000-12-29 Thread Raul
CTED] Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux OpenBSD people =) Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nsa developes secure version of linux Thats a bit misleading. Its more of a demo of certai

Re: [SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux

2000-12-29 Thread DaZZa
On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Raul wrote: Aren't the NSA the agency that keeps pestering people to give them a decryption method for their encryption algorithms for the sake of national security / crime prevention?? There's no "pestering" about it. They flat out demand it. The NSA is the sole reason

Re: [SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux

2000-12-29 Thread Raul
ot;Raul" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 8:14 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Raul wrote: Aren't the NSA the agency that keeps pestering people to give them a decryption method for their encr

Re: [SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux (fwd)

2000-12-29 Thread Dave Fitch
Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: quote who="Raul" Exactly! I'd prefer to trust a bunch of Canadian hackers with OpenBSD over someone who is a known back door artist. ;) "NSA develops secure version of linux" I guess is our funny headline for the week! :) It's not really all that funny

Re: [SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux

2000-12-29 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who="Dave Fitch" (what's "lkml"?) Linux Kernel Mailing List :) cola = comp.os.linux.announce Yada, yada, yada. :) - Jeff -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://linux.conf.au/ -- ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI. -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux

2000-12-29 Thread Howard Lowndes
Conspiracy theory anyone? And was the NSA around at the time of Roswell, or was that the CIA? But the 3 small countries has got me beat, I can't think of that one. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates http://lannetlinux.com "...well,

Re: [SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux

2000-12-29 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who="Howard Lowndes" Conspiracy theory anyone? And was the NSA around at the time of Roswell, or was that the CIA? But the 3 small countries has got me beat, I can't think of that one. That what they *want* you to not think! - Jeff (who doesn't give a tinker's cuss as long as it's

[SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux

2000-12-28 Thread Dave Fitch
Security Enhanced Linux, see http://www.nsa.gov/selinux They've released it under the GPL, including source code. Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux

2000-12-28 Thread Mike Holland
nsa developes secure version of linux Thats a bit misleading. Its more of a demo of certain security features, rather than a secure OS. On Thu, 28 Dec 100, Dave Fitch wrote: Security Enhanced Linux, see http://www.nsa.gov/selinux -- Mike Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux

2000-12-28 Thread David_Fitch
Mike Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nsa developes secure version of linux Thats a bit misleading. Its more of a demo of certain security features, rather than a secure OS. well it's not a full blown linux distribution, and I haven't tried it, but it appears to be a set of patches you

Re: [SLUG] nsa developes secure version of linux

2000-12-28 Thread Dean Hamstead
OpenBSD people =) Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nsa developes secure version of linux Thats a bit misleading. Its more of a demo of certain security features, rather than a secure OS. well it's not a full blown linux distribution, and I