On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 4:44 AM, mike havens wrote: > are you saying that the russians hacked into their internet systems? > > > On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Craig White wrote: > >> On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 11:57 -0700, Tuna wrote: >> > Lookie what I found! >> > >> > http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/os/redhat/rhel5-guide-i731.pdf >> > >> > A 170 page PDF about securely configuring Red Hat, written by and for >> > the government. If you look around on NSA.gov, you'll find similar >> > things for OS X, Solaris, and even Windows. >> > >> > Cool stuff, I think. Who ever thought of looking to the government for >> > security tips? :P >> ---- >> actually the government has a vested interest in helping America's >> businesses secure their Internet systems. One of the primary weapons in >> modern day warfare is destroying the ability to communicate and conduct >> commerce. If you have the slightest doubts about this, do a little >> research about what happened to the country of Georgia when they battled >> with the Russians 2 years ago. Before that, there was the issue with >> Latvia (IIRC) when they removed statues of Russians from their public >> plazas. >> >> Craig >> > Well the NSA and Microsoft have had long agreements. I believe the NSA has their own proprietary protocol(s). But, I agree that this is a VERY general document; it is clearly not examples of well configured complex systems. Do they warn you not to install X on a production system and surf via firefox, get your junkmail? I doubt it! Those types of Layer 8 obnosis come only from experience. -- (503)754-4452 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LisaKachold http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/29/wikipedia_bans_scientology/