Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > Elardus Engelbrecht said: >>I know Google is using a special hardened version of Linux system
>SEL, or beyond that? It is not known. In http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/data-security/index.html , look at Security White Paper. There is a PDF document which says on page 9: <snippage> Designed in-house from the ground up, Google’s production servers are based on a stripped and hardened version of Linux that has been customized to include only the components necessary to run Google applications, such as those services required to administer the system and serve user traffic. The system is designed for Google to be able to maintain control over the entire hardware and software stack and to help provide a secure application environment. Google’s production servers are built on a standard hardened operating system (OS), and security fixes are uniformly deployed to the company’s entire infrastructure. This homogeneous environment is maintained by proprietary software that continually monitors systems for binary modifications. If a modification is found that differs from the standard Google image, the system is automatically returned to its official state. These automated, self-healing mechanisms are designed to enable Google to monitor and remediate destabilizing events, receive notifications about incidents, and slow down potential compromise on the network. <end snippage> This is apparently the most you will get from Google about their operating system(s). Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
