From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from jazzband.ncsc.mil (jazzband.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.4]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA00961 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 14:53:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from jazzband.ncsc.mil (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil with ESMTP id TAA17274 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 19:52:46 GMT Received: from orngca-mls03.socal.rr.com (orngca-mls03.socal.rr.com [66.75.160.18]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil with ESMTP id TAA17270 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 19:52:45 GMT Message-ID: <004601c19ec7$f5640d60$5357a518@hproject> From: "Donald Kasper" To: "Tony Stanco" , References: <007301c19e99$b2d9fd20$03bca9ac@oemcomputer> Subject: Re: GW's CPI and SELinux Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:56:59 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0043_01C19E84.E7209B30" Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C19E84.E7209B30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Last November the DOD announced several military contracts coming up for = re-bid including DISA Common Operating Environment. The COE is an = enormous common platform and security project funded by DOD. I just = wrote and requested that the COE Kernel development should be a small = business set-aside since the development team in under a half-dozen = people. They wrote back that they would consider it. The rest of their = work is maintenance, technical support, testing, and documentation, so = is ideal for small business set-aside as well. Since the COE is a major = security project in the 1/4 billion dollar class for DOD in terms of = annual expense, I would consider pursuing it. =20 Should you suddenly find it logical to investigating combining the = capabilities of SELinux into the COE (a sort of best of breed), and want = to bid that, write me. =20 =20 Since COE is cross-platform and used by at least 100 DOD agencies and = all 13 or so Defense organizations (Navy, Army, NATO, Strategic Missle = Command, etc), it would make sense to move SELinux into COE, not the = other way around. COE was preceded by the massive GCCS project, so it = has a 10 year history. COE has a constituency that is very widespread. = SELinux does not have either of these, yet. =20 Regards, Donald Kasper ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Tony Stanco=20 To: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov=20 Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 6:25 AM Subject: GW's CPI and SELinux George Washington University's Cyberspace Policy Institute wants to = help with SELinux. GW is a big security school in the area and will be = applying for various grants to help develop the additional security = features needed in SELinux, so that professors and grad students can = contribute.=20 =20 Also, every third Saturday will be hosting SELinux developers/sysadm = meetings at the Computer School in downtown DC from 10am-1pm. If anyone = here is in the area and wants to present/lead sessions or just come for = fun, please join us. These will be technical sessions for developers, = students and sysadm in agencies in the area to create a community of = practice to help develop and deploy SELinux as a main e-gov platform in = agencies (though some e-com people will also likely be present). The = World Bank is sending a couple of their own technical people. I am also = working with the UN and World Bank to place SELinux in other = universities to replicate what we are doing at CPI, so a worldwide = community of practice at major universities around the globe develops to = help make SELinux robust.=20 Finally, I have organized a SELinux demo to senior e-gov officials = (some very senior) with help from the GSA at NSF for Feb 19. (I am = demonstrating 1 or 2 different Open Source/Free Software projects every = month to show this stuff really exists, since some people still doubt = it). Are there people here who can help with the demo? Also, you are = welcome to just attend. The World Bank in DC has also asked for a = demonstration, but a date has not been set. I asked Grant in October at an Open Source Working Group session, if = he wanted to see SELinux as the e-gov and e-com platform here and = abroad, and he yes. So this is what I have been able to accomplish since = then. If you have other suggestions on how to achieve this goal, please = let me know. Please contact me for more information or to participate (also if you = just want to chat).=20 Best regards, Tony Stanco Senior Policy Analyst Open Source/Free Software and e-Gov Cyberspace Policy Institute George Washington University 2033 K Street N.W., Suite 340 Washington, DC 20006 202-994-5513 Fax:202-994-5505 Stanco@seas.gwu.edu Tony@FreeDevelopers.net http://www.cpi.seas.gwu.edu ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C19E84.E7209B30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Last November the DOD announced several = military=20 contracts coming up for re-bid including DISA Common Operating=20 Environment. The COE is an enormous common platform and security = project=20 funded by DOD.  I just wrote and requested that the COE Kernel = development=20 should be a small business set-aside since the development team in under = a=20 half-dozen people.  They wrote back that they would consider = it.  The=20 rest of their work is maintenance, technical support, testing, and=20 documentation, so is ideal for small business set-aside as well.  = Since the=20 COE is a major security project in the 1/4 billion dollar class for DOD = in terms=20 of annual expense, I would consider pursuing it. 
 
Should you suddenly find it logical to=20 investigating combining the capabilities of SELinux into the COE (a sort = of best=20 of breed), and want to bid that, write me. 
 
Since COE is cross-platform and used by = at least=20 100 DOD agencies and all 13 or so Defense organizations (Navy, Army, = NATO,=20 Strategic Missle Command, etc), it would make sense to move SELinux into = COE,=20 not the other way around.  COE was preceded by the massive GCCS = project, so=20 it has a 10 year history.  COE has a constituency that is very = widespread.=20 SELinux does not have either of these, yet. 
 
 
Regards,
Donald Kasper
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Tony=20 Stanco
To: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, = 2002 6:25=20 AM
Subject: GW's CPI and = SELinux

George Washington University's Cyberspace Policy = Institute=20 wants to help with SELinux. GW is a big security school in the = area and=20 will be applying for various grants to help develop the additional = security=20 features needed in SELinux, so that professors and grad = students can=20 contribute.
 
Also, every third Saturday will be hosting SELinux = developers/sysadm meetings at the Computer School in downtown DC from=20 10am-1pm. If anyone here is in the area and wants to present/lead = sessions or=20 just come for fun, please join us. These will be technical sessions = for=20 developers, students and sysadm in agencies in the area to create a = community=20 of practice to help develop and deploy SELinux as a main e-gov = platform in=20 agencies (though some e-com people will also likely be present). The = World=20 Bank is sending a couple of their own technical people. I am also = working with=20 the UN and World Bank to place SELinux in other universities to = replicate=20 what we are doing at CPI, so a worldwide community of practice = at major=20 universities around the globe develops to help make SELinux robust.=20
 
Finally, I have organized a SELinux demo to senior = e-gov=20 officials (some very senior) with help from the GSA at NSF for Feb 19. = (I am=20 demonstrating 1 or 2 different Open Source/Free Software projects = every=20 month to show this stuff really exists, since some people still doubt = it). Are=20 there people here who can help with the demo? Also, you are welcome to = just=20 attend. The World Bank in DC has also asked for a demonstration, but a = date=20 has not been set.
 
I asked Grant in October at an Open Source Working = Group=20 session, if he wanted to see SELinux as the e-gov and e-com platform = here and=20 abroad, and he yes. So this is what I have been able to accomplish = since then.=20 If you have other suggestions on how to achieve this goal, please let = me=20 know.
 
Please contact me for more information or to = participate=20 (also if you just want to chat).
 
Best regards,
 
Tony Stanco
Senior Policy Analyst
Open = Source/Free=20 Software and e-Gov
Cyberspace Policy Institute
George Washington = University
2033 K Street N.W., Suite 340
Washington, DC=20 20006
202-994-5513  Fax:202-994-5505
Stanco@seas.gwu.edu
Tony@FreeDevelopers.net
http://www.cpi.seas.gwu.edu
 
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