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Secure OS Gets Highest NSA Rating, Goes Commercial
ancientribe writes "A hardened operating system used in the B1B bomber and other military aircraft has now been released commercially, after receiving the highest security rating by a National Security Agency-run certification program. Green Hills Software's Integrity-178B operating system was certified as EAL6+, which means that it can defend against well-funded and sophisticated attackers." The company is not saying how much the OS would cost a potential customer: "The system and its associated integration and consulting services are custom solutions." Both Windows and Linux are EAL 4+ certified, which means they can defend against "inadvertent and casual" security breach attempts.
EAL7+ means that it can defend against well-funded and sophisticated attacks and doesn't have an NSA backdoor built into it. EAL8 is exactly like EAL7+, only it can do it while getting slashdotted.
or Duke Nukem 3D?
When you order a B1B, you pay for the Integrity-178B license even if you later install a copy of Linux For Strategic Bombers.
Inadvertant and Casual attempts?
Oops. I tripped over my computer and hacked your system. Sorry.
A dog and a horse both have four legs but, they do have several other differences.
Agreed: the size of their respective cocks, for one
=Smidge=
Is it just my observation, or is eldavojohn an idiot?
That is, "there," not "their." Don't I feel stoopid.
Help fight poverty: Punch a poor person.
As much faith as I have in the NSA's security abilities, does anyone have any idea what criteria they were using exactly? Any in-depth results they've made public, preferably?
It's an aggregate result of how many social security numbers B1 bombers have lost over the last 10 years divided by how many B1 bombers, with the software installed, have been stolen out of government offices or left behind in taxi cabs.
I am the richest astronaut ever to win the superbowl.
So basically it costs money to get EAL verified, and the farther up the scale you go, the more money it costs to run the testing.
Is Scientology somehow involved in this?
Well if an Anonymous Coward guarantees it...
NSA E.A. Testing Criteria
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EAL0 $1,000,000
EAL1 $1,000,000
EAL2 $2,000,000
EAL3 $3,000,000
EAL4 $4,000,000
EAL5 $5,000,000
EAL6 $6,000,000
EAL7+ Call for quote.
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Don't I feel stoopid.
Especially so after you forgot to check 'Post Anonymously' the second time around...
This is Tom Cruise. You are in serious trouble for suggesting that all Scientology does is enrich its leaders. I'm going to sue you for all you're worth, which I'll kindly donate to my church.
Now, which other chewey do you say you are?
Actually it's EAL8. But you can't know about it, because it's insecure. Products that qualify for EAL8 can be neither confirmed nor denied, because if you knew about them, they wouldn't qualify. Those developers that make it are EAL8-ed.
Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage
ssh my-b1b
login: root
password: hellosss
last login Tue Nov 18 17:22:14 EST 2008 from nsa
# drop -4 bombs
# exit
If you can't trust linux, to launch your nukes, would you prefer a series of yarn and wheels? (note: highly insecure to angered moths)
Mathematicians are insane.
Fixed that for you.
Admittedly, mathematicians can formally prove they are more intelligent the CSers, but nobody except another mathematician could a) understand the proof, and b) give a shit.
Wrong story? http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/18/0110209/
Semi-automatic amateur armchair Australian philosopher; conjecture ready at any moment...
No problem.
Easy!
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