NO...this needs to be talked about. NIPER is NOT a secure system (I know) and there is a bigger threat from within by ignorant YN's and Officers who are too stupid to figure out not to do something like open email with *.exe's attached.
If you're worried about the terrorists, they're probably already using Linux because free and what terrorist is going to want to deal with M$ and passport?
You what, I take back what I said earlier. My own fellow officers who function as IT department heads are amazed that I have my own domain name and ask me with wonderment "How did you get that?" These are the same type of people most like responsible for NSIPS.
Make it as stupid for the Navy as possible. It's dangerous anytime you ask them to do anything more than stack blocks in a predetermined order.
I'm a Navy reservist and know a civilian IT manager for one particular Navy activity and he told me about Win2K and EDS a few monthes ago. He doesn't like it and wishes they could go Unix/Linux. In one week I had 168 viral related email messages in my Navy Outhouse email account...
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NO...this needs to be talked about. NIPER is NOT a secure system (I know) and there is a bigger threat from within by ignorant YN's and Officers who are too stupid to figure out not to do something like open email with *.exe's attached.
If you're worried about the terrorists, they're probably already using Linux because free and what terrorist is going to want to deal with M$ and passport?
You what, I take back what I said earlier. My own fellow officers who function as IT department heads are amazed that I have my own domain name and ask me with wonderment "How did you get that?" These are the same type of people most like responsible for NSIPS.
Make it as stupid for the Navy as possible. It's dangerous anytime you ask them to do anything more than stack blocks in a predetermined order.
I'm a Navy reservist and know a civilian IT manager for one particular Navy activity and he told me about Win2K and EDS a few monthes ago. He doesn't like it and wishes they could go Unix/Linux. In one week I had 168 viral related email messages in my Navy Outhouse email account...