Re: Security Enhanced Linux

["Michael W. Holdeman" <ptfd9100@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a small question? 
Would any of you really use a dist. of linux prepared by the same people who 
will be spending gazillions of dollars on nuck. powered aircraft carriers all 
run by an M/S operating system??
Makes you feel really safe don't it!!

Mike





>On Tuesday 10 April 2001 07:08, Ted Juszczak wrote:
> Link of the Week
>
> The National Security Agency has announced a new distribution
> of Linux, called Security Enhanced Linux:
>
> "The NSA is pleased to announce that it has developed, and is making
> available to the public, a prototype version of a security-enhanced Linux
> system. The prototype includes enhancements to Linux that provide new,
> stronger protection against tampering and bypassing of application
> security mechanisms and greater limits on the damage that can be caused by
> malicious or flawed applications."
>
> You can download the free (as in information) prototype at:
>
>
>           http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/
>
>
> Ted and Thad Juszczak
> KLUG Linkmasters