hi jose
thanx for the info...
learn something new everyday..
have fun
alvin
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Jose Nazario wrote:
> On Mon, 7 May 2001, Alvin Oga wrote:
>
> > ( just curious about secureBSD too )
>
> secure-bsd is an effort to bring complex trusted system (ie orange book)
> items to the freebsd kernel. this includes capabilities, mandatory access
> control lists, an audit trail, and the like.
>
> its usually been based on -current, is somewhat experimental, and is,
> despite being a bit slow moving, a really great effort.
>
> openbsd uses none of this, and simply strives to be the most secure 4.4BSD
> implementation, by utilizing embedded cryptography (ie AES is in the
> kernel), adherence to excellent coding standards (and correctness), a
> full, continual source code audit, and leanness of design. the team has
> explicitly stated it will not add trusted OS features to the codebase.
>
> the nsa has released a neat set of patches and new APIs to the Linux
> kernel, the package is called selinux. again, still in the working stages,
> but its some neat code.
>
> i hope this helps.,
>
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