On Monday 15 January 2007 00:23, Claude Jones wrote: > On Mon January 15 2007 12:06 am, Peter Gordon wrote: > > The thing about Windows is that it is entirely > > proprietary: Only Microsoft and select others can look > > at the source code (and perhaps not even the whole of > > it). > > > > SELinux, on the other hand, is entirely Free. It, like > > other kernel/security projects, is scrutinized by a > > great many (several hundred? thousand(s)?) developers > > from around the globe; not just one owner. Had anything > > similar found its way into SELinux, it would be quickly > > removed and the committing developer removed from the > > project most likely. :) > > I would think that you're right, but that's just > surmising on my part. I did check just now for the > supposed offending "ADVAPI.DLL" in the c: \windows\system > directory on my XP vm that's running on this machine. > It's not there - there's an advapi32.dll in the > c:\windows\system32 folder, but, that certainly raises a > flag in my mind about the article. I clicked on the link that is supposed to tell you how to replace the NSAkey and here is what I got. Not Found The requested URL /hottopics/msft-nsa/ReplaceNsaKey.zip was not found on this server. So I cleared that part of the address string to just http://www.cryptonym.com/ and here is what I got Yes, this is the website of Cryptonym Corporation (of the "NSA Key" fame). I hope to, sometime in the near future, put a brief explanation the whole story online, so stay tuned... > > I really cited that article more to raise the issue of > Selinux and the NSA. I've never seen any discussion on > this list about that, and I've wondered why. Being an > American, and living in my country under the current > administration, the matter has certainly raised questions > in my own mind. I'm not personally concerned about who > sees what on my machines, but the broader issue involved > is still relevant concerning questions of over-reaching > govt. and erosion of civil liberties, and protections > against unsupervised warrantless surveillance > > I mostly find it curious that the matter just hasn't even > come up... -- > Claude Jones > Brunswick, MD, USA
