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Building Secure Computers?

Posted by Cliff on from the even-keyboard-adccess-won't-make-it-easy dept.

maotx asks: "Growing into the job of a system administrator, I've been tasked with something I'm not quite prepared for: purchase or build a computer that meets DoD compliance for classified 'Secret' information. Several vendors, including Dell our primary supplier, offers computers that will work, but being new to the criteria I want to make sure the right computer is purchased. The computer will be used to create secure CAD drawings (Solidworks, OrCAD, etc) and must have, from what I can tell, a removable hard drive and security stickers to prevent tampering. What is you're experience in setting up a secure computer and is it better to have a vendor do it, or yourself?"

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  1. OpenBSD by PrayingWolf · · Score: 0, Troll


    HEY! Secure by default!
    Use PF (packetfilter) to send scriptkiddies to /dev/null

  2. Re:Secures computers need Windowsz 95 by randm.ca · · Score: 0, Troll
    PS: I'm not even a native speaker!
    They prefer to be called indians, you insensitive clod!