U.S. Army Using RedHat

kcender · 04-07-2004, 10:43 AM

A friend of mines dad a while back told me that the U.S. Army is starting to switch to RedHat, is this true?

trickykid · 04-07-2004, 11:16 AM

Government and the military have been using Linux to my knowledge for years now..

The NSA has their own version of Linux.. SELinux currently..

Moved: More suitable in General

lokee · 04-07-2004, 02:55 PM

Haven't they heard of OpenBSD? Doesn't it suit them better?

ilikejam · 04-07-2004, 04:15 PM

From what I've heard OSX is the most secure UNIX out there.....

Dave

Mega Man X · 04-07-2004, 04:22 PM

The less programs you can run in an OS, the more secure it is. Mac has Photoshop and three games, Breakout, Super Breakout, Warcraft 3, so yes, it's very, very very secure...

Pauli · 04-07-2004, 04:26 PM

Quit ripping off Red vs Blue lines!

Mega Man X · 04-07-2004, 04:27 PM

lol

yeah

biniar · 04-07-2004, 04:30 PM

It all depends on what your running and the situation and your understanding of "secure" also how important it is to you.

ilikejam · 04-07-2004, 04:39 PM

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Originally posted by Megaman X
The less programs you can run in an OS, the more secure it is. Mac has Photoshop and three games, Breakout, Super Breakout, Warcraft 3, so yes, it's very, very very secure...

True, but according to the number of vulnerabilities found in the OS and the numbers of sucessful attacks per server, OSX is quite a way ahead of the competition.

Shame it's so expensive....

Dave

biniar · 04-07-2004, 04:41 PM

$___$ but well worth it eh?

trickykid · 04-07-2004, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ilikejam
From what I've heard OSX is the most secure UNIX out there.....

Dave

Well considering they have probably 1:1000 to the number of machines running Windows or any another OS, sure their the most secure OS.

But everyone is wrong, the only secure machine is the one unplugged from the net and power turned off..

jailbait · 04-07-2004, 05:02 PM

"Haven't they heard of OpenBSD? Doesn't it suit them better?"

The developer of OpenBSD landed a large contract with the U.S. Department of Defence to create a very secure operating system. When the Iraq war started he publically protested against the war and DoD took the contract away.

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Pauli · 04-07-2004, 05:09 PM

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But everyone is wrong, the only secure machine is the one unplugged from the net and power turned off..

True true, but I've set up good internet pcs before. A laptop with deep freeze and a decent firewall, then if you download stuff you can move it with a usb drive from one computer to the other. But first you scan it. A pain yes, but my brother got no spyware and no viruses.

trickykid · 04-07-2004, 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by Pauli
A pain yes, but my brother got no spyware and no viruses.

That doesn't necessarily make you secure though. There are more to security than viruses and spyware..

Pauli · 04-07-2004, 05:17 PM

All depends. There is almost no way to get by deep freeze. It is the s**t

I have yet to meet someone who can hack it, people claim to use boot disks and the safe mode to get by it, bull. A moron sys admin allows boot discs and the safe mode way doesnt work. In summary, if you have a network you need deep freeze.