Good morning...
I've heard of you! <huge grin>
On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:
> And, some prefer BSD/OS.
I've heard that stated by *several* people at DOD. 8-)
> This is, perhaps, a distinct approach for the Bremerton Naval Facility.
> The approach to security in DoD is extremely varied ranging from locations
> that simply do not satisfy the basic DoD InfoSEC directives to those that
> are fully-compliant with all DoD InfoSEC directives and the extensions
> that are applicable to their branch of the armed services.
I'd gathered from my limited experience there that they more or less
"hand-rolled" their own infrastructure, not necessarily receiving the Betty
Crocker Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. Then as late as a week ago, I
understood that the hierarchy had changed and that they were installing a
new O/S in several key places, so perhaps BSD became the order of the day. 8)
> What I consider to be one of the more secure Naval facilities uses BSD/OS
> systems to implement their network and information security policies. I'm
> biased. I am the architect of the solution and until relatively recently
> have worked exclusively in the DoDIIS Community.
Not being that familiar with BSD, but having heard lots of very positive
things about its security, I can understand why. Perhaps we should, for
political correctness, whip up a rabid discussiong of BSD's firewall
security techniques to avoid certain disaster, no? 8-)
Dave
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