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Interesting!
There is no way that you can start from scratch these days and have a usable OS in a reasonable time. Look how long it has taken Linux distros to catch up to Mac and Windows and they still have a ways to go.

I always wondered why other countries would want to use Windows or Mac OS in their secure government systems? I am sure that MS has a back door to Windows and can provide the US government with that if needed (This has been shown already with built in encryption)

The key is to make a secure OS, make it tight and right and deploy with a tested standard.

This is how we do it at the US government agency I work for. We are using XP standard and we have a security standard. We roll out EVERY machine using that standard. When we make a change to to the image we put it though a CM process and then security testing and do not deploy the updated load until it passes the set security standard. This works for us and we have very few security issues.

We do the same process with our Linux machines and Macs.

Posted by: tymiles   Posted on: 05/13/09  (Edited: 05/13/2009 @ 07:26) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Interesting!  tymiles | 05/13/09
Re: Interesting!  Col Mustard | 05/13/09
Source?  rtk | 05/13/09
You mean they didn't?  epcraig | 05/14/09
They had no choice.  kozmcrae | 05/13/09
The "user" is always the weakest link...  BillDem | 05/13/09
Good to see Linux development advancing, just remember  T1Oracle | 05/13/09
That's more an issue of how the kernel is designed.  AzuMao | 05/13/09
RE: China's 'secure' OS Kylin...  bfilipiak@... | 05/13/09
Pity...  Marty R. Milette | 05/13/09
it does not matter!!!  Darkra | 05/15/09
i totally agree with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Darkra | 05/15/09
RE: China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?  RStiennon | 05/13/09
RE: China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?  Col Mustard | 05/13/09
I win!  kd5auq | 05/13/09
RE: China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?  Selvarin | 05/13/09
" is the fact that security is proportional with usability"  Aussie_Troll | 05/13/09
RE: China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilitie  Truthologist | 05/14/09
Anyone who wants to test this OS can apparently  mhenriday | 05/14/09
There is a third case.  peter_erskine@... | 05/14/09
RE: China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?  acpi | 05/15/09
That's a problem with their PHP script, not their OS  AzuMao | 05/15/09
The European Union's MINIX??  foobar_at | 05/16/09
RE: China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?  foobar_at | 05/16/09
Here you go  AzuMao | 05/16/09
RE: China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?  Richard.Vickery@... | 09/02/09

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