Re: Future FreeS/WAN users?

["Al Dowd" <alan_dowd@securecomputing.com>]

WOW!!!

_That_ was certainly the most direct statement I've seen come out
in public.

Did you follow the ~275 message discussion on slashdot last week?
Your voice would surely have blown them away.

    Al D.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Beede" <mbeede@securecomputing.com>
To: <securedistros@nl.linux.org>
Cc: <linux-ipsec@clinet.fi>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: Future FreeS/WAN users?


>
> > Slashdot reports the NSA have let a contract for a
security-enhanced
> > Linux.
> >
> > http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000113/ca_secure__1.html
> >
> > Somehow I suspect this code may not be open source.
>
> Your suspicion, while reasonable, turns out to be wrong.  We
are
> planning on putting up a more detailed explanation of our
intentions
> in the next couple of days.  For now, suffice it to say that
it's our
> intent to release under the GPL.  I'll notify the list when
they put
> up the statement.  I believe it will focus on the project
relative to
> the GPL.
>
> Having a secure operating system available to the community
will also
> benefit us, by giving us a non-proprietary platform for our
security
> products.
>
>
> Mike Beede
>
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