__/ [ Maverick ] on Thursday 11 January 2007 03:35 \__
> Darth Chaos wrote:
>> Philip wrote:
>>
>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070110/tc_infoworld/85025_3
>>>
>>>"The NSA stepped in to help Microsoft develop a configuration of its
>>>next-generation operating system that would meet U.S. Department of
>>>Defense (DOD) requirements"
>>>
>>>"the NSA helped Microsoft ensure that it was delivering a product that
>>>was both secure and compatible with existing government software"
>>>
>>>
>>>Given the low expectations for Vista security, what does that say about
>>>the NSA a government software security in general? And then there is:
>>>
>>>"concern may stem from the NSA's reported historical interest in gaining
>>>"back-door" access"
>>>
>>>Which explains the "help" provided.
>>
>>
>> I just saw a similar article on infowars.com which also says that the
>> same government spooks also helped build this technology into Mac OSX
>> and SUSE Linux.
>>
>> It's clear. Microsoft and the United States government are conspiring
>> together to kill Linux and all open-source software. Microsoft and the
>> criminal government need to be brought to justice.
>>
>>
http://www.infowars.com/articles/science/microsoft_vista_gov_spooks_helped_build.htm
>> actual article on http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36814
>> Government spooks helped Microsoft build Vista
http://archive.salon.com/tech/log/2001/02/15/unamerican/index.html
"Microsoft says open-source software is un-American. Has the company
completely lost its mind?"
Whent the government controls the source, the government controls the minds.
look at the source, Luke. The source code.
>> The Inquirer | January 10, 2007
>> Nick Farrell
>>
>> THE USA GOVERNMENT'S cryptologic organisation, the National Security
>> Agency, has admitted that it is behind some of the security changes to
>> Microsoft's operating system Vista.
>>
>> According to the Washington Post , the agency which was once so secret
>> that it was jokingly referred to as 'No such Agency' has admitted
>> making 'unspecified contributions' to Vista.
>>
>> Tony Sager, the NSA's chief of vulnerability analysis and operations
>> group, told the Post that it was the agency's intention to help
>> everyone these days.
>>
>> The NSA used a red and a blue team to pull apart the software. The red
>> team posed as "the determined, technically competent adversary" to
>> disrupt, corrupt or steal information. The Blue team helped Defense
>> Department system administrators with Vista's configuration.
>>
>> Vole said that it has sought help from the NSA over the last four
>> years. Apparently its skills can be seen in the Windows XP consumer
>> version and the Windows Server 2003 for corporate customers.
>>
>> The assistance is at the US taxpayers' expense, although the NSA says
>> it all makes perfect sense. Not only is the NSA protecting United
>> States business, its own Defense Department uses VoleWare so it is in
>> the government's interest to make sure it is as secure as possible.
>>
>> Microsoft is not the only one to tap the spooks. Apple, with its Mac
>> OSX operating system, and Novell with its SUSE Linux also asked the NSA
>> what it thought of their products. The NSA is quite good at finding
>> weapons of mass destruction that are not there.
>>
>
> Yeup. Here it is for OS X: http://www.nsa.gov/snac/downloads_macX.cfm
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