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/ -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
