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To: Golden Eagle
Gee, I'm surprised they don't use the NSA's own version of Linux.

You did know the the "No Such Agency" of the US gov has a security enhanced version of Linux, didn't you? Complete with source code, research papers and methodology. And "anyone" can download it.

I suspect they might even run it on some of their supercomputers.

The horror.

52 posted on 03/27/2006 9:08:56 AM PST by AFreeBird (your mileage may vary)
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To: AFreeBird
You did know the the "No Such Agency" of the US gov has a security enhanced version of Linux, didn't you? Complete with source code, research papers and methodology. And "anyone" can download it.

Of course I know, and it's a complete outrage, and why I am making a point to let others know. What's amazing is that people like you don't see anything wrong with it, and could care less if OBL created his own free version called OBLinux and used it to design nuclear bombs to attack the US with. You could obviously care less, so long as you keep getting those free copies yourself.

55 posted on 03/27/2006 10:39:15 AM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: AFreeBird; Golden Eagle
And, IIRC, the NSA releases SELinux patches, software, and kernels for users of other distros.

Not to mention that various individuals have repackaged them for major distributions (e.g. Fedora/Red Hat, Debian, Slackware, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE.)

Even Fermilab puts out its own distribution of Linux based on RHEL source RPMs.

70 posted on 03/27/2006 7:34:16 PM PST by rzeznikj at stout (1000 Posts or Bust -- by April 13!)
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