NSA suatu badan super rahasia di Amerika mulai melirik Linux seperti
berita di bawah ini. Apakah masih beralasan bahwa Linux yang Open Source
ini kurang "secure"..?
NSA grapples with Linux security
BY Daniel Verton
01/17/2000
The National Security Agency, the super-secret arm of the Defense
Department responsible for signals intelligence and information systems
security, last week tapped Secure Computing Corp. to develop a secure
version of the Linux operating system.
Linux, an open-source operating system that enables developers who use it
to access and customize the source code, has for the past few years been
quietly gaining ground throughout the commercial world, primarily because
of the success of Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. However, it also has been
quietly gaining ground in the government, taking over high-end technical
and network missions at various agencies, including NASA and the
Pentagon's various research laboratories.
NSA's contract with Secure Computing calls for the company to apply its
patented Type Enforcement technology and develop a robust, highly secure
Linux platform. The award furthers efforts by Secure Computing to pursue
and acquire contracts that focus on providing enabling technologies to
both the federal government infrastructure as well as commercial
electronic business applications.
Secure Computing's Type Enforcement technology was first developed under
previous government contracts to support Unix for Secure Computing's
Sidewinder firewall. Type Enforcement secures underlying operating systems
and protects applications and network services by segmenting them into
domains, according to a statement released by the company.
"Our Advanced Technology Division achieves almost 100 percent of their
revenue from government contracts," a company spokesperson said. "We
undertook this work because we recognized the need for our products to be
available on a secure version Linux. This is a win for both our customer,
the NSA and for ourselves, allowing us to leverage the NSA work to provide
a foundation for future product directions."
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