Re: Future FreeS/WAN users?

[l41484@alfa.ist.utl.pt]

On Sat, Jan 15, 2000 at 11:36:45AM -0500, J. Lasser wrote:
> In the wise words of Ray Shaw:
> 
> > I'm also very unclear as to exactly what is meant by
> > "security-enhanced Linux".  If they mean to include crypto, then they
> > can't feasibly distribute it anyway...I don't think that NSA qualifies
> > to use RSAREF2, so they'd have to get a license from RSA, but nobody
> > else (inside the US) would be allowed to use it.  Unless, however,
> > they worked out something where they could sell this product, like
> > RedHat selling their "Deluxe" package with SSL-Apache, and have a
> > licensing agreement.  It would be cool if someone would sell a Linux
> > distro w/ licensed SSL (stunnel, mod_ssl, etc.); companies would
> > really go for that.
> 
> Well, actually, the article I saw said something on capabilities
> enhancement. This probably means posix-style rather than 'real'
> capabilities, but who knows?

What i've understood from the article it has something in the lines of
compartmentalized areas a little like HP's virtual vault.

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