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Architecture created by the National Security Agency and expanded with help from the open-source community will save the Defense Department and intelligence agencies millions in hardware costs. Analysts used to need multiple computers because they worked on separate machines for each classification level of data they accessed. Soon, users will be able to access data from a single console that could cost $500 or less, thanks to the NSA security architecture dubbed Flask.
With Flask, "we can guarantee that high-integrity data can't be corrupted by untrustworthy entities or that sensitive data doesn't leak to untrustworthy entities," said Stephen Smalley, one of the chief
developers of Flask at NSA. The best part is that the technology requires no specialized hardware or operating system.
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has certified the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system as being ready for swapping Internet Protocol version 6 packets with other Defense Department servers, Red Hat announced this week.
The software meets the requirements of the IPv6 Master Test Plan, a program initiated by DOD's Office of the Chief Information Officer, as well as by the Chief Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and
Information Integration.
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Managing and retrieving personnel records for 1.2 million U.S. Army soldiers requires an enterprise solution that delivers quick and reliable access to those records. Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS meets those requirements, and soldiers stationed around the globe can now access their records reliably and securely anytime, any place.
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"The Air Force's Electronics Systems Command (ESC) applauds adoption of industry-driven standards. The DoD now can achieve the required level of conformance so vital to joint warfare by embracing the self-governance standards created by the Linux community. This will allow the DoD to remain current with commercial technology innovations while using the self-governance model of the Linux community.
"The [Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS] running on IBM based Intel servers will deliver enterprise capability, proven stability, and flexibility required for C2 systems deployed world-wide In particular the New Tactical Forecast Systems being developed by ESC will be able to field as planned."
-Matt Mleziva, Program Director, Defense Information Infrastructure, United States Air Force
"I am a firm believer in trusting highly deployed open source solutions to be more secure, and more responsive to problems than proprietary solutions. Prior to my arrival, the department and the City of Charlottesville was 100 percent Microsoft. Since then, we began a campaign to increase security, save money and address the needs of management. We chose to standardize on Red Hat as our core open source distribution."
-John Lewis, Security Systems Engineer, City of Charlottesville, VA
"Open source allows us the opportunity to have a proactive and pre-emptive identification of security holes by friendly analysis. As a result, this early identification and rapid repair of security vulnerabilities has become a major advantage of open source over proprietary approaches to software development."
-Rob Walker, Program Manager, Defense Information Systems Agency