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IBM Running Linux On Secure Hardware

Posted by timothy on from the don't-lose-your-password dept.

Schmad writes: "IBM announced at LinuxWorld today that IBM Research and Cryptographic Appliances have Linux running on FIPS 140 Level 4 hardware. Imagine, Linux running in a totally secure environment! Peter Gutmann, father of the crypto toolkit cryptlib, has some things to say about it here."

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  1. They should of used Freebsd since its the future by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why bother with Linux when there are already mature, stable OS's out there. FreeBSD is open source-that is business friendly-and out performs Linux in almost every way. Why are all these Linux fanatics spending time reinventing the wheel?

    It has taken Linux 10 years to get to this point and it still isn't near FreeBSD. Imagine what could have been accomplished if all that effort were devoted to improving FreeBSD.

    I suppose I'm just whistling into the wind here. The Linux mania never was about what makes sense. But the Linux express doesn't seem to be slowing down either, unless you count all those Linux based companies that are tanking. Linux is the only OS that doesn't come from MS that ever gets any press.

    What will happen when all these programmers who have given away their best work, find that no one is willing to pay for their services? At least with the BSD style licence you have the option of giving it away or charging for it. GPL/GNU doesn't offer that choice.

  2. Proves nothing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You can secure win98 or 95 by installing firewalls like BlackIce. If you need advice post a question for us, IT professionals on comp.os.ms-windows.win95

    Jason M. A+ MCP

  3. Hi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  6. idiot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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