Orvar Korvar wrote:
> I know Solaris 10 is closed source and OpenSolaris is not. I think it will be 
> hard to review all code and compile it yourself to be sure against back doors.
> 
> It seems that NSA has released a Linux distro. Wonder why? ;o)
> http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/

Point of information: SELinux is not a linux distribution, it is a
security framework:

"NSA Security-enhanced Linux is a set of patches to the Linux kernel and
some utilities to incorporate a strong, flexible mandatory access
control (MAC) architecture into the major subsystems of the kernel. It
provides a mechanism to enforce the separation of information based on
confidentiality and integrity requirements, which allows threats of
tampering and bypassing of application security mechanisms to be
addressed and enables the confinement of damage that can be caused by
malicious or flawed applications. It includes a set of sample security
policy configuration files designed to meet common, general-purpose
security goals."



R.

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