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New Security-Enhanced Linux Release

Posted by timothy on from the tightening-up dept.

James Cho writes: "Four days ago, the 2nd public release of the NSA's 'security-enhanced' version of Linux (it's not an entire distribution) came out. The NSA describes it as having 'a strong, flexible mandatory access control architecture incorporated into the major subsystems of the kernel". However it must be noted that this 'is not intended as a complete security solution for Linux' and that there is 'still much work needed to develop a complete security solution'."

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  1. Re:In times like these... by fossa · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You have valid misgivings, but keep in mind that the NSA is not one homogenous organization (indeed, no organization of any size is completely homogenous). Calls for crypto backdoors are simply backlash from the tragedy. They cannot possibly reflect the desires of the entire NSA.