[Sussex] Super Secure Linux.

[Angelo Servini]

Looks like the NSA are contributors into the Open Source community too.
 
http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/
 
I like these quotes: 
 
"This work is not intended as a complete security solution for Linux. Security-enhanced Linux is not an attempt to correct any flaws that may currently exist in Linux. Instead, it is simply an example of how mandatory access controls that can confine the actions of any process, including a superuser process, can be added into Linux."
 
In other words linux is already secure and "Linux was chosen as the platform for this work because its growing success and open development environment provided an opportunity to demonstrate that this functionality can be successful in a mainstream operating system".

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