Miark wrote: >>I find it interesting that they made no mention of the efforts of the >>NSA to develop a very very secure linux or the adjustments necessary to >>the standards to accommodate it. It is about as spy-proof as software >>gets by the spies themselves... NSA has issued a completed source for >>the kernel and security routines (37 Mb download) and I think you can >>guess we will be looking carefully at it for possible incorporation. >> >>Civileme >> > >That seems inconsistent with their "we want a back door to Winsux" >behavior. Why would the NSA want us normal folk to have very secure >machines? Doesn't that just make their sky games more difficult? > >Miark > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Ummm, the focus has changed in the intelligence community lately. It is more on preventing spying than performing it. The whole issue is in source and is either GPL or public domain (yes, wide open for "enhance, extend and claim") for those exclusively done by the NSA, as is required by Federal Law. I am tickled that they released the thing rather than just circulating it to the security-related Federal Agencies, and I am also pleased that they observed the strictures of the GPL, in letter and in spirit.
Civileme
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