On Sunday 14 January 2007 20:58, Claude Jones wrote: > " A CARELESS mistake by Microsoft programmers has revealed that special > access codes prepared by the US National Security Agency have been secretly > built into Windows. The NSA access system is built into every version of > the Windows operating system now in use, except early releases of Windows > 95 (and its predecessors). The discovery comes close on the heels of the > revelations earlier this year that another US software giant, Lotus, had > built an NSA "help information" [local] trapdoor into its Notes system, and > that security functions on other software systems had been deliberately > crippled. > > The first discovery of the new NSA access system was made two years ago by > British researcher Dr Nicko van Someren. But it was only a few weeks ago > when a second researcher rediscovered the access system. With it, he found > the evidence linking it to NSA. > > Computer security specialists have been aware for two years that unusual > features are contained inside a standard Windows software "driver" used for > security and encryption functions. The driver, called > ADVAPI.DLL,.........snip" > > The rest is here: http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/5/5263/1.html > > So, my question is, if this is all true, then, what about Selinux? The best thing written on the subjest, as far as I know, is this: http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95/ by Ken Thompson Dave > -- > Claude Jones > Brunswick, MD, USA -- "The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment." -- Herman Daly, former senior economist at the World Bank.
