down they go

[John (EBo) David]

"der.hans" wrote:
> 
> moin, moin,
> 
> ...
>
> [2] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60050-2002May22.html,
> "... Microsoft has said using free software with commercial software might
> violate the intellectual-property rights of companies such as Microsoft."

From the article:

"Stenbit said that the debate is academic and that what matters is how
secure a given piece of software is. To that end, the Defense Department
is now prohibited from purchasing any software that has not undergone
security testing by the NSA. Stenbit said he is unaware of any
open-source software that has been tested." 

and yet earlier in the article they state:

"The Mitre report said open-source software "plays a more critical role
in the DOD than has been generally recognized."

The report identified 249 uses of open-source systems and tools,
including running a Web portal for the Defense Intelligence Agency,
running network security for the Army command in Europe and support for
numerous Air Force Computer Network Defense tools."


if it is the case that the NSA is not testing open-source software but
only commercial, AND the DD is not allowed to use any software not
tested by NSA, I want to know why.

Looks like we should all write the post asking them to follow up on
it...

  EBo --