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Spooknux (was Re: Netsurfer Digest: Vol. 06, #43)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R. A. Hettinga)
Thu Dec 28 11:27:25 2000
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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 07:44:14 -0500
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From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
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At 1:17 AM -0500 on 12/27/00, Netsurfer Digest wrote:
> NSA Releases Security Enhanced Linux
>
> The US National Security Agency (NSA) is known far and wide for its
>reluctance to reveal anything about itself or its involvement with
>computer security. This Web page about an NSA project in operating system
>security goes against the grain. NSA broke its habitual silence in order
>to release a special security enhanced version of the Linux operating
>system: "Linux was chosen...to demonstrate that this (security)
>functionality can be successful in a mainstream operating system and, at
>the same time, contribute to the security of a widely used system.
>Additionally, the integration of these security research results into
>Linux may encourage additional operating system security research that may
>lead to additional improvement in system security." In other words, they
>want a secure OS as much as the rest of the online community. The security
>enhanced release includes source code, so Trojan horses are unlikely.
> <http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/> http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/
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