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 OAA02986 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 14:58:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from jazzband.ncsc.mil (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil with ESMTP id TAA10994 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:58:03 GMT Received: from deliverator.sgi.com (deliverator.sgi.com [204.94.214.10]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil with ESMTP id TAA10990 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:58:02 GMT Message-ID: <3AAE7BC5.50DA0CB@sgi.com> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 11:57:57 -0800 From: Casey Schaufler MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pedro Rosa CC: Chris , securedistros@nl.linux.org, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Subject: Re: Is this mail list dead? References: <3AAD5908.73A44E4C@wirex.com> <20010312154024.J13139@ultraviolet.org> <3AADA219.2C4BC605@mindspring.com> <3AAE0C68.1030404@ksu.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-ID: Pedro Rosa wrote: > I would say that securing Linux in a distro structure would be the same > as forcing C2 to every Windows install.... Yeah try to use such an > install... Every commercial OS today has a C2 option. The lack of a C2 version of Linux has been a serious inhibitor to adoption in the marketplace. I would guess you're refering to the first NT evaluation, which supported no networking and no removable media. Building a C2 (CAPP in Common Criteria jargon) Linux distribution is easier than getting corporate marketing types to see the value. Say, I bet I know what You do! -- Casey Schaufler Manager, Trust Technology, SGI casey@sgi.com voice: 650.933.1634 casey_p@pager.sgi.com Pager: 888.220.0607 -- You have received this message because you are subscribed to the selinux list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.