in reply to Secure Linux
I can't imagine why an agency of the US government whose sole purpose is breaking other parties' security (cryptographically or otherwise) would release to the public a mechanism with which to increase the level of security on an individuals computer to a non-trivial level.
Why would an organization that spies (see Echelon Project) on the citizens who fund it, give away a product to make even one aspect of security easier for the common man and woman?
It just doesn't follow...
If it was not a "patch," and was instead it's own distibution, I would be highly suspect of the particular binary of GCC that came with said distribution. (Read Ken Thompson's thoughts on Trust and compilers. I will bet dollars to donuts that something sneaky is going on here.
redmistPurple Monkey Dishwasher
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Re: (redmist) Re: Secure Linux
by ChemBoy (Priest) on Sep 17, 2001 at 08:05 UTC | |
by redmist (Deacon) on Sep 17, 2001 at 14:52 UTC |