Apple used NSA too


I didn't see this in the original article
I still think using the NSA for computer security is a lousy idea, but after seeing this I have to say Micro$oft wasn't the only one.

An NSA spokesman denied that the agency provided any source code, the human-readable set of instructions which tell the computer how to accomplish its task, for either Windows or Mac OS X. “This is not the development of code here. This is the assisting in the development of a security configuration,” NSA spokesman Ken White told Computerworld.

In 2001, NSA released a security architecture called SELinux, an optional add-on to the Linux operating system, to provide enhanced security. Unlike its contributions to Windows and Mac OS X, SELinux is developed in the open, and all of its source code is available for public inspection. This development process allows for faster resolution of software bugs and makes it almost impossible to conceal malicious code within, as another developer looking at the code would be likely to discover it.

I do have one question left. Who came up with the idea?

— NeoWayland

Posted: Thu - January 11, 2007 at 02:36 PM  Tag


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