If all this is true I shudder to think of the enormity of such a project. They should learn from the Indian Airforce and Army who have built secure tiers over a Linux OS
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Vijay Anand <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Vijay Anand [11/05/10 15:20 +0530]: >> >> Given how the 10$ - or was it 5$ "laptop" was essentially a thumb drive, >>> wouldnt be surprised if this is another glitch by some reporter. The >>> points >>> behind this development seems to be security - which also sounds >>> ridiculous >>> that we want to develop "simple" OS to make things secure, when you can >>> technically just unplug the computer from the network and it is as secure >>> as >>> it could be. >>> >>> For all you know, going with hint of "antivirus" there, this might >>> actually >>> be a firewall software which someone misheard or misrepresented. >>> >> >> There was this very interesting article I saw about how china was >> requiring >> source code and encryption key disclosure from all suppliers to its govt >> of >> encryption enabled gear (chip OS / OS / firewalls / routers / antispam >> software etc). Think about that. >> >> > I heard about it as well. But then again, they are the biggest *threat* the > world is worried about :) Wonder whom they are worried about. There were > whispers sometime back within the ministry that some countries *who shall > not be named* might target our infrastructure to dampen the economic growth. > I still dont think they'll go and build an OS cause of that. > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Blog: www.vijayanand.name > Twitter: www.twitter.com/vijayanands > -- *** Valsa
