Secure OS Gets Highest NSA Rating, Goes Commercial 352
ancientribe writes "A hardened operating system used in the B1B bomber and other military aircraft has now been released commercially, after receiving the highest security rating by a National Security Agency-run certification program. Green Hills Software's Integrity-178B operating system was certified as EAL6+, which means that it can defend against well-funded and sophisticated attackers." The company is not saying how much the OS would cost a potential customer: "The system and its associated integration and consulting services are custom solutions." Both Windows and Linux are EAL 4+ certified, which means they can defend against "inadvertent and casual" security breach attempts.
Two steps from the highest, actually (Score:5, Funny)
But will it run Doom? (Score:2, Funny)
Worse than Dell with the Windows tax (Score:5, Funny)
When you order a B1B, you pay for the Integrity-178B license even if you later install a copy of Linux For Strategic Bombers.
Re:Two steps from the highest, actually (Score:5, Funny)
EAL9+ means it autonomously retaliates against the attacker's system.
EAL10+ means it autonomously retaliates against the attacker.
lower that 4+ (Score:5, Funny)
Oops. I tripped over my computer and hacked your system. Sorry.
Re:n/t (Score:1, Funny)
A dog and a horse both have four legs but, they do have several other differences.
Agreed: the size of their respective cocks, for one
=Smidge=
Re:Two steps from the highest, actually (Score:4, Funny)
My computer goes to EAL11!
The power of God blazes out of the box to melt the faces and explode the heads of intruders,
just like in Raiders of the Lost Mainframe.
Re:Two steps from the highest, actually (Score:5, Funny)
Re:n/t (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Anonymous Coward (Score:5, Funny)
As much faith as I have in the NSA's security abilities, does anyone have any idea what criteria they were using exactly? Any in-depth results they've made public, preferably?
It's an aggregate result of how many social security numbers B1 bombers have lost over the last 10 years divided by how many B1 bombers, with the software installed, have been stolen out of government offices or left behind in taxi cabs.
Re:lower that 4+ (Score:3, Funny)
"I hacked you? Sorry mate, I was just trying to play Solitaire"
Looks like we're lucky this time. Last kid that accidently played videogames with our system chose Global Thermonuclear War!
Re:n/t (Score:5, Funny)
So basically it costs money to get EAL verified, and the farther up the scale you go, the more money it costs to run the testing.
Is Scientology somehow involved in this?
Re:Worse than Dell with the Windows tax (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Cost? (Score:1, Funny)
Well if an Anonymous Coward guarantees it...
Re:Anonymous Coward (Score:3, Funny)
NSA E.A. Testing Criteria
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EAL0 $1,000,000
EAL1 $1,000,000
EAL2 $2,000,000
EAL3 $3,000,000
EAL4 $4,000,000
EAL5 $5,000,000
EAL6 $6,000,000
EAL7+ Call for quote.
Re:n/t (Score:5, Funny)
Don't I feel stoopid.
Especially so after you forgot to check 'Post Anonymously' the second time around...
Re:Worse than Dell with the Windows tax (Score:2, Funny)
When you order a B1B, you pay for the Integrity-178B license even if you later install a copy of Linux For Strategic Bombers.
Please don't run Linux For Strategic Bombers. The head maintainer is a well-known a**hole, for years he's refused to accept patches for longstanding bugs, and he's changed the license to prevent 3rd parties from distributing modified versions.
The bombing community has created a new fork of the project starting from the last Free version, called "Bombastic". It's already capable of handling 80% of mission requirements, and version 1.0 should be released in the near future. Please encourage all of your squadrons to use this truly Free alternative instead.
Re:n/t (Score:1, Funny)
This is Tom Cruise. You are in serious trouble for suggesting that all Scientology does is enrich its leaders. I'm going to sue you for all you're worth, which I'll kindly donate to my church.
Now, which other chewey do you say you are?
Re:Article misleads about EAL6 (Score:3, Funny)
Actually it's EAL8. But you can't know about it, because it's insecure. Products that qualify for EAL8 can be neither confirmed nor denied, because if you knew about them, they wouldn't qualify. Those developers that make it are EAL8-ed.
example use (Score:5, Funny)
ssh my-b1b
login: root
password: hellosss
last login Tue Nov 18 17:22:14 EST 2008 from nsa
# drop -4 bombs
# exit
Re:n/t (Score:1, Funny)
If you can't trust linux, to launch your nukes, would you prefer a series of yarn and wheels? (note: highly insecure to angered moths)
Re:n/t (Score:4, Funny)
Fixed that for you.
Admittedly, mathematicians can formally prove they are more intelligent the CSers, but nobody except another mathematician could a) understand the proof, and b) give a shit.
Re:Worse than Dell with the Windows tax (Score:4, Funny)
When you order a B1B, you pay for the Integrity-178B license even if you later install a copy of Linux For Strategic Bombers.
Aah, I always wondered what LSB stands for.
Re:Two steps from the highest, actually (Score:2, Funny)
EAL12+ means it can drink your milkshake.
Re:Frosty Piss (Score:3, Funny)
Wrong story? http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/18/0110209/ [slashdot.org]
Re:n/t (Score:4, Funny)
No problem.
Easy!