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IEEE to Standardize OS Security Components

Posted by michael on Saturday September 13, 2003 @06:52AM from the pointing-no-fingers dept.

aster_ken writes "The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers has started work on a standard for securing operating systems, as a recognition that software security is 'limited by the operating systems that underpin them', the organization said yesterday. The standard, dubbed IEEE P2200, will address external threats and intrinsic flaws arising from software design and engineering practices."

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Re:Step one: by CableModemSniper · 2003-09-13 07:23 · Score: 0, Flamebait

ah yes Linux is the most secure os ever. And bzImages work with every bootloader too. (funny, yaboot doesn't seem to like them. I guess when your computer doesn't boot at all its pretty secure).

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Re:Americans and standards by Tim+Ward · 2003-09-13 08:00 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I prefer slightly worse stuff to perfectly consistent stuff in many ways. It forces constant change, fights off stagnation, etcetera.

Fine. Just so long as you don't mind crashed spaceships and being unable to make phone calls. (What *do* Americans do when travelling abroad? - their phones won't work at all anywhere. Actually perhaps they don't notice this, as their phones only work a bit on a good day at home anyway.)