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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.

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  1. Re:n/t by hagardtroll · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Perhaps if your comment can be taken in the context of what would happen under different circumstances on the eventuality of operating system mechanical fluxuations. My! Haven't we been through the time-tested variation of correlated fluid operations. No, I don't mean the central overload of keen observational pragmatic or parametric coin flipping. More like the sensual slirp of that delicious concoction we commonly refer to as Tranya! Oh, I know it well. Its citrus belches and glucosian after taste. Don't get me wrong. I really am not aware of the insidious fragility of the time honored placement of needs, but when I drink of the Tranya, I am transposed into a never ending delight of the senses. So do not go sullen into that night. Imbibe with all of the frivolity nature endures. Only then you will know. Until then, post this dissertation with an understanding that the needs of one and the needs of many are often coincident with each other.