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2005-03-11

 

Secure Computer Infrastructure as a Journey

ACM News Service: Linux Security Rough Around the Edges, But Improving.  The focus here is on measures to safeguard systems against attacks and to mitigate the consequences of successful exploits.  The delivery vehicle is the NSA-built Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) distribution. There is also a strong claim that quality of software code is crucial, according to the technical director of the NSA Information Assurance Directorate.  I am not sure that the specific SELinux measures address code-quality issues so broadly or directly, but I can't quarrel with this being an important start on a never-ending voyage. The Larry Greenemeier 2005-03-03 Information Week article has the details. Of interest to me are the observed difficulties of implementation and how hard it is for the average customer to control.  It appears that there is enough excitement around the enhancements for refinement and improvement to be sustained.

 
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