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#! rnews 2172 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!olive.mil.adfa.oz.au!navmat.navy.gov.au!posgate.acis.com.au!warrane.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.mathworks.com!gatech!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!crazytrain.eos.ncsu.edu!not-for-mail From: kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu (Kevin P. Neal) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: need secure OS to entrust millions to Followup-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Date: 26 Feb 1996 01:51:55 GMT Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4gr3nr$bbc@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> References: <4gi6t6$3h9@lace.colorado.edu> <312D2029.FF6D5DF@FreeBSD.org> <nc0453Dn96w6.93F@netcom.com> <4gnoa3$i5h@park.uvsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: crazytrain.eos.ncsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:18068 comp.os.linux.misc:88699 comp.os.linux.networking:29777 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:14394 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2333 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2475 Terry Lambert (terry@lambert.org) wrote: : nc0453@netcom.com (-) wrote: : > Can you name one commercial OS that provides source code? : : What are you willing to pay? : : o BSDI : o SVR4 : o VMS : o OSF/1 : o SunOS : I second this. A friend of mine works with Lockheed on contract to the EPA. He says that they have loads of source code lying around, because they do all sorts of security stuff and need that code. This guy was also told by a co-worker that Mainframes are *always* more secure than a Unix box. So my friend proceeded to break into the guy's Mainframe. Point made. Be careful, and good luck. I hope to not read about you in the paper. -- XCOMM -------------------------------------------------------- XCOMM Kevin P. Neal, Sophomore CSC/CPE kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu XCOMM North Carolina State University kevinneal@bix.com XCOMM --------------------------------------------------------