Linux Goes To War

[Midwest-Linux]

Linux Goes To War


http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htiw/articles/20080421.aspx

April 21, 2008: One method of protecting your military networks from hackers is to use an operating system other than the ubiquitous Microsoft Windows (which controls over 85 percent of the market). Linux has been a popular choice for the military. The U.S. Navy uses Linux to run critical systems on its warships. The U.S. Army is using Linux for its networked FCS (Future Combat System) vehicles (which are still in development). The army is also converting many of its Microsoft Windows applications to run under Linux.

[Jammy4041]

Linux is the most secure OS there is. No wonder your Navy uses it.

[MONODA]

Linux is the most secure OS there is. No wonder your Navy uses it.
i dont think that's entirely accurate, I would say maybe openBSD...

[MongooseCage]

Oh yeah Generals and Soldiers welcome to Linux. I hope they use the forums too lol.

"China has also gone down this route, and is trying to get all Chinese computer users to switch to Linux. This has proved difficult, because so many Chinese use stolen Windows software to run their businesses." lol.

But I am not sure if its a reliable source... "The military, however, uses custom made software for its most critical applications, and it's easier to create this stuff using Linux."

[mips]

i dont think that's entirely accurate, I would say maybe openBSD...

OpenBSD is very secure by default but I think something like VMS might be even more secure just through obscurity :)

[cammin]

Yeah, but if they use BSD, you get the irony of using software originating from UC Berkeley on a war machine.

[cprofitt]

Yeah, but if they use BSD, you get the irony of using software originating from UC Berkeley on a war machine.

It would be more ironic if I didn't know about some of the research that was done there.

[mips]

Yeah, but if they use BSD, you get the irony of using software originating from UC Berkeley on a war machine.

I don't get that. Has it got something to do with the hippie anti-establishment flower power movement seeing they are in SF, California?

Edit:
I love the Scott McKenzie song San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) !!!

[gwoodard]

I'm glad that the U.S. Military Branches are switching to versions of Linux (I myself will be a "Hardware Upkeep and Disposal Technician" in the U.S.A. Air Force) and I have been using Ubuntu Linux from everything but gaming (Alas, most of my games don't work w/ wine, and I am a cheapskate and don't want cedega) I use Ubuntu w/ a dual boot on a 160 Gig HD w/ only a 60 Gig Partition for Ubuntu (100 Gig for Windoze)


NOTE: I am NOT going to upgrade to Vista after Microsoft pulls XP off the shelves, I will be using Ubuntu (if they have it "GUbuntu") and hopefully Wine will have most of the kinks out :D

[cammin]

I don't get that. Has it got something to do with the hippie anti-establishment flower power movement seeing they are in SF, California?


Yeah. Compounded with what's already present on college campuses. Maybe they're just better at getting in the news, but it seems like there's always a group from UCB making a stand against something the government's doing.

It would be more ironic if I didn't know about some of the research that was done there.

Are you talking about general work for the military or something diobolical?