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If our Army is under attack...
...isn't that war?
Posted by: kozmcrae   Posted on: 11/20/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Um...good luck on that!!  techboy_z | 11/20/08
Actually . . .  CobraA1 | 11/20/08
Linux not the Answer  mebarnabee@... | 11/20/08
It would be expensive, however...  T1Oracle | 11/20/08
nono  itchy8me | 11/21/08
Wrong. You can close OSS.  T1Oracle | 11/21/08
no comprehendo  itchy8me | 11/21/08
Open source  T1Oracle | 11/22/08
Bushgotations?  redbeard74 | 11/24/08
The flaw with buying thumb drives would be  maldain | 11/20/08
Violaters of the policy need to be slammed!  overclocked | 11/21/08
What about...  madrucke@... | 11/22/08
It certainly,,,  fairportfan | 11/25/08
Who to slam...  madrucke@... | 11/22/08
Congress has already written...  914four | 11/20/08
If the DOD/Army were using Linux/Open Solaris...  fairportfan | 11/25/08
You're half right...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 11/26/08
Linux not the answer?  will@... | 11/21/08
Re: Linux not the Answer  mike@... | 11/21/08
Huh?  DNSB | 11/21/08
Simple Answer:  Suicida| | 11/22/08
Except that...  fairportfan | 11/25/08
allready used.  itchy8me | 11/21/08
No more dongles!  Schnazola | 11/21/08
Not the only ones...  madrucke@... | 11/22/08
"There are guys..."  fairportfan | 11/25/08
Anyone "taking work home"...  fairportfan | 11/25/08
Actually it's the perfect answer  AzuMao | 12/15/08
Networking Isn't Banned  MichP | 11/20/08
No the Experts were and are the problem!  madrucke@... | 11/22/08
Okay, this is the point...  fairportfan | 11/25/08
Sharing media  LadyGray | 11/20/08
Same here  beoz | 11/20/08
As it should be for any secure business  Flying Pig | 11/21/08
How Draconian!  madrucke@... | 11/22/08
Yes, your bad  akulkis | 11/20/08
Not all cases  DNSB | 11/21/08
No productivity has to be lost  Flying Pig | 11/21/08
You have never seen the situation for the Army or DOD  doug.miller@... | 11/21/08
Even Deaths...  madrucke@... | 11/22/08
Not your normal company  DNSB | 11/21/08
Maybe...  Linux User 147560 | 11/20/08
How would that help?  mdemuth | 11/20/08
Consider the fact  Linux User 147560 | 11/20/08
Hmmm  Controlr | 11/20/08
The issue is that it's much easier to secure  maldain | 11/20/08
ER... It is...?  Wolfie2K3 | 11/21/08
re: ...military shouldn't ....  Loggies | 11/21/08
Spelling  colecrew | 11/21/08
re: ...military shouldn't ....  hillrwjr@... | 11/21/08
An Idiot.  Kromaethius | 11/23/08
It's not market share, Windows is designed to be easy and featureful  T1Oracle | 11/20/08
Man are you not clued in!  Linux User 147560 | 11/20/08
Not so  tracy anne | 11/20/08
Re-consider the fact  Paradise Lost | 11/20/08
Nope, gotta call some points  TripleII | 11/20/08
True, but not fair...  mpikas@... | 11/20/08
In that case  tracy anne | 11/20/08
@ tracy anne: Not entirely true..  Wolfie2K3 | 11/21/08
Lame...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 11/21/08
The reason Linus Torvold developed the Linux kernel  tracy anne | 11/20/08
Actually  akulkis | 11/20/08
Patriot is an Army system  Linux User 147560 | 11/22/08
If our Army is under attack...  kozmcrae | 11/20/08
The problem is NOT the USB media, it is WINDOWS. Ban WINDOWS. It has no  DonnieBoy | 11/20/08
Ban LINUX!, Surely it has no place in the army  GuidingLight | 11/20/08
AS opposed to the MILLIONS for Winodws  itguy08 | 11/20/08
Millions? handfull?  GuidingLight | 11/20/08
When you consider that  maldain | 11/20/08
100 viruses for MVS and CMS? Please name one.  DesD | 11/20/08
both wrong  Erich61@... | 11/20/08
Where did you learn to write?  dprozzo | 11/20/08
Whaaaaa?  akulkis | 11/20/08
It's both  PMP'sicle | 11/21/08
No such thing as an absolute secure system.  phatkat | 11/21/08
The question is, which computers get infected and which computers don't.  DonnieBoy | 11/20/08
Well if that is the case.....  daMan25 | 11/20/08
Misunderstanding of the process  Richard Flude | 11/20/08
Ok....  daMan25 | 11/20/08
Understand what the certification means  Richard Flude | 11/20/08
Hmmm... disable USB through GPO not the greatest  DNSB | 11/21/08
Yawn. Your attempts at excuses  GuidingLight | 11/20/08
Joke is on you  beoz | 11/20/08
Care to explain  rileinc | 11/20/08
Hot off the press  daMan25 | 11/20/08
More Targets = More Authors  madrucke@... | 11/22/08
Every single on of those  Linux User 147560 | 11/20/08
A custom distro for the Military and Government would be a great idea  T1Oracle | 11/20/08
Bingo!  Linux User 147560 | 11/20/08
tl;dr  Sleeper Service | 11/20/08
Linux security = OBSCURITY not because of any system advantage.  transposeIT | 11/20/08
Source code on thousands  akulkis | 11/21/08
Sorry Charlie!  Linux User 147560 | 11/22/08
Good work.  kozmcrae | 11/20/08
Write your congressman  John L. Ries | 11/20/08
Linux no place in the army?  fourijm@... | 11/21/08
Nice list  balaknair | 11/21/08
This is .00000001% compared to Windoze trojans/viruses  xunil skcor | 12/17/08
The problem is incorrect configuration.  mechBgon | 11/20/08
We had all that stuff disabled in Iraq  akulkis | 11/21/08
Look closer at your configuration.  mechBgon | 11/22/08
Now Frothy that was a mature thing to say....  USTechHead | 11/20/08
This is already in place in the FBI...  USTechHead | 11/20/08
Disable AutoRun and be done with it  forrestgump2000@... | 11/20/08
Good To Know, Thanks (nt)  MichP | 11/20/08
Must Be Admin to implement URL  madrucke@... | 11/22/08
Its the old.. break in to goverment computers using usb sticks.. hack  Been_Done_Before | 11/20/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  scrapplejoe | 11/20/08
Of course, they should be banned on classified systems  ThePrairiePrankster | 11/20/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  samirj | 11/20/08
Take a computer, a port and a virus writer - what else can we expect?  softwareFlunky | 11/20/08
Which Flavor of Windows?  QueenMama | 11/20/08
Get Ready For SkyNet  mikefarinha | 11/20/08
This isn't going to work.  T1Oracle | 11/20/08
Absolutely Correct  madrucke@... | 11/22/08
For every stupid rule...  John L. Ries | 11/20/08
Get a grip  wheatman | 11/20/08
If the US Army was all UNIX/Linux...  John L. Ries | 11/20/08
Classified Information  LadyGray | 11/20/08
??? Competent People ???  madrucke@... | 11/22/08
Who told you that you can't restrict the permissions on Windows...  transposeIT | 11/20/08
Of course, you can  John L. Ries | 11/20/08
GPO's  onedavester@... | 11/21/08
I know all about group policy  John L. Ries | 11/21/08
Yep....guess the US military is STUPID  ColdFusion_z | 11/20/08
Re: Yep....guess the US military is STUPID  satellite_boss | 11/20/08
Exactly.  T1Oracle | 11/23/08
It's Called Einstinean Brilliance  madrucke@... | 11/22/08
Wow! You can't even spell it right. nt  T1Oracle | 11/23/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  mpikas@... | 11/20/08
ITS NOT JUST THE ARMY  JEFFSGTP | 11/20/08
RE: *nix vs Windows  KopaKrptik | 11/20/08
We're geeks...  TripleII | 11/20/08
The government and military need a custom OS  T1Oracle | 11/21/08
What about honeypots?  Mr_Dave | 11/20/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  YERKES1 | 11/20/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  deefburger | 11/20/08
As Karl Marx wrote...  Mahegan | 11/20/08
Common sense  onedavester@... | 11/20/08
I am so sick  onedavester@... | 11/20/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  msh9475 | 11/20/08
The biggest problem  tracy anne | 11/20/08
No, the biggest problem is people like you  Confused by religion | 11/20/08
Actually  tracy anne | 11/21/08
Windows for all?  fourijm@... | 11/21/08
Absolutely  akulkis | 11/21/08
would you mind  onedavester@... | 11/21/08
A civilian-based OS? Unwise.  Don Collins | 11/21/08
What do the low end desktops run?  DNSB | 11/21/08
A civilian-based OS  waltdv1 | 11/22/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  sturgeon@... | 11/21/08
Re: RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  cr7clark | 11/21/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  thebigkahuna | 11/21/08
Ban USB, ban work  sckinz1 | 11/21/08
Ban USB, ban work  wheatman | 11/22/08
It's NOT about Secrets!  madrucke@... | 11/22/08
In Other News, U.S. Army Bans Rifles  itanalyst2@... | 11/21/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  mhammon@... | 11/21/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  Dr_Zinj | 11/21/08
Lieutenant, it's not a USB drive...  scott1329 | 11/21/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  wcallahan@... | 11/21/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  zeebruce | 11/21/08
I suspect that you log in to their network  BALTHOR | 11/21/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  waltdv1 | 11/22/08
USB Drives are also ubiquitous  madrucke@... | 11/22/08
Whatya mean?  DNSB | 11/23/08
Software Restriction policies  DNSB | 11/23/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  stingray62 | 11/24/08
RE: Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives  yoda226us | 11/26/08
Keeping your data secure  ThinkFairer | 12/02/08
OMG, DOD still runs Windoze!?!?! Good lord, switch to Linux!!!  xunil skcor | 12/17/08
But wait, there's more!  AzuMao | 12/18/08

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