Of course, my take is just a little more paranoid. I would only use this OS on boxes that I was playing with, or learning some public technology on. NSA and other related agencies have been known to leave backdoors (H/W & S/W) wherever they had a hold.
Did they do it here? i dunno, I don't program OS's. Probably not, if they left it open. Someone would find it. Is it a closed system? I'll stick with (insert your favorite distro here) RedHat. Just my overinflated $.02 Nick On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 21:36, chris albert wrote: > Bill Walls wrote: > > > > Hello all. Being the most dynamic and honest bunch around, I thought I > > would ask the list a simple question. > > > > I have been on the NSA's mailing list for Secure Linux, and I have to say > > above all, its slow list and heavily moderated :). I have never installed > > it yet, as I haven't found an extra box yet to implement it on... > > > > But this all boils down to some questions: How "Secure" do you think it is? > > How usable do you think it is? Is it something I should research more > > into (As a coder, I'm interested about the process management and such...) > > What are your feelings on the NSA Linux? > > Bill, > > What are you waiting for-- it's linux, it'll install on an old box you > can find in a local bazar > for a few dinars. > > The NSA has the reputation of being one of the biggest employers of > mathematicians in the world. > In addition, it is reputed to be the host of some of the best > computational facilities in the world. > It is a very serious outfit. > My only regret is that the amazing work that must be done there is not > publically available for the > scientific community at large. (Fortunately we have the technion ...). > Thus, it is a momentous event that > the nsa invests time in an project like the selinux kernel. It is a > sign that they have got the message > with respect to open source security projects. > The security model inherent in the project is not new, but is > influential and worth study. > Personally I think it is a great chance to get involved with state of > the art security issues > (os security), and that if you are a programmer you definitely should > get involved. > > Just my 0.2 > > Christopher -- Nick Network Security Consultant CISSP, CCSI, MCSE, CCNA Lucent Technologies/NPS Raleigh, NC _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
