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??
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From: "Dean Hamstead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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 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 can install on RH6.1
> > and bob's your uncle.
> >
> > I also get the impression though that it's not finished or well
> > polished etc. I'd say they're hoping there's enough interest in
> > it from the open-source community to take it as a base to develope
> > a full blown secure version of linux.
> >
> > Dave.
> >
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