Comments on: NSA provided security help for Windows, Mac OS X

By: NSA asks hackers for security help - Homeland Stupidity

NSA asks hackers for security help - Homeland Stupidity — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:07:40 +0000

[...] the Department of Homeland Security’s Security Content Automation Program. NSA also publishes security configuration guides for various operating systems such as Windows Vista and Mac OS X, as well as SELinux, a version of [...]

By: Dr Strangetron

Dr Strangetron — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:34:29 +0000

I think it’s safe to assume that their is not much beyond the gov capabilities. Can’t a port opening subroutine be imbedded on all intel ROM chips for example? The only safe platform would be an early era machine like an apple 8k //e before the gov turds got interested in personal computers (no modem or telecom card since Jobs was too cheap to spring for extra components.) But even that gives off a signal through the SCSI I read that receivers at close distance can pick up if a good com tech tries. (Dang, I just threw my 1981 machine away the other day.)

The collusion of big gov and big business makes the line between them very blurry. Best to leave lots of Impeachment and bill of rights material lying around on your drive so that we can educate young gov intel personel how wrongheaded unreasonable search and seizure without a warrant is (fourth amendment.)

By: warum closed-source nie Vertrauen schafft | .get privacy

warum closed-source nie Vertrauen schafft | .get privacy — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:58:53 +0000

[...] Und hier kann man es am Beispiel Skype sehr gut sehen, desöfteren auch bei Microsoft Windows bzw. Apple MacOS X. Skype liest Bios-Daten aus und speichert diese auf dem Rechner, Problem bei dieser Sache: im Bios befindet sich eine eindeutige Seriennummer des Mainboards – einer Identifizierung steht somit nichts im Weg. Quelloffene Clienten, sowie offene Protokolle sind das A und O bei jeglicher Kommunikation! [...]

By: Johan

Johan — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:20:25 +0000

IÂ´ve just converted to Linux and I just luuuuve it. Msoft is all about the money, which I find soo lame..!

By: cwest.gavrilo.net » Get the Facts about NSA reviewing Microsoft

cwest.gavrilo.net » Get the Facts about NSA reviewing Microsoft — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:12:38 +0000

[...] Get the Facts about NSA reviewing Microsoft Posted January 23, 2007 Mood : cynical Music : Falkenbach Heathenpride Today, at work, one of my bosses approached me and blurted out “Have you heard that SNA are ‘helping’ Microsoft on Vista security?”. I corrected his ‘SNA’ to NSA, and wondered what all the fuss was about – NSA doing security reviews and helping out with security on the OS level isn’t something new – it’s part of an ongoing program that has already benefited GNU/Linux (see: SELinux – first release 2001) and Apple Mac OS X. NSA helped out on both Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and have kept close eyes on all widespread software on the marked since the early days of computing. My colleague looked at me with a little tell-you-a-secret look in his eyes, and blurted “But are you really sure they are improving security, not introducing backdoors?” – obviously he’s read one too many blog entry on the subject. I started telling him about PROMIS, the Prosecutor Management Software database program developed by Inslaw during the 1970s, source code stolen by the US DoJ and distributed amongst others to the CIA and Mossad, who according to Gordon Thomas in Gideon’s Spies: the Secret History of the Mossad adapted the software into a Trojan horse, and sold in excess of $500 million worth of that version to foreign intelligence agencies in order to spy on them. [...]

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:49:34 +0000

But Microsoft takes a lot more management and monitoring. This means that it takes more people and resources than doing the same thing in the Linux world. Since managers get raises and promotions based on how many people they have working for them and how many resources they control it is to their benefit to select the option that gets them the biggest department, since Linux once it is in place pretty much requires nothing it loses out to being the cheaper solution.

By: linuxiac

linuxiac — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:42:58 +0000

Worrisome for some, like German Military: http://www.aaxnet.com/news/M010318.html
and China, ( yes, other world governments):
http://www.a42.com/node/314
as the NSAKEY existed since Win95OSR2, NTsp5.

By: linuxiac

linuxiac — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:53:15 +0000

All my noobs and business, charity, schools, run http://www.pclinuxos.com/ behind the firewall http://ipcop.org using an old Pentium 800Mhz box, headless, running Spam Assassin, and Dan’s Guardian.

And to think that the Admin sections and Management want to keep using Microsoft in their organizations! M$ is so easily hacked into, by the network of bright youngsters!

Change grades for everyone!

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:59:28 +0000

Amen Jerry!!!!!!!!

By: Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:05:53 +0000

I only have three things to say about this.
1. Linux
2. Linux
3. Linux