[FredLug] England run lib

[Matt Quigley]

You can find the aforementioned NSA guides here:http://www.nsa.gov/ia/guidance/security_configuration_guides/operating_systems.shtml

> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:43:35 -0500
> From: brian.maddox at gmail.com
> To: standingfire at gmail.com
> CC: fredlug at calypso.tux.org
> Subject: Re: [FredLug] England run lib
> 
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Timothy Jones <standingfire at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi, has anyone had any experiemce with a product by the name of security
> > blanket. It was created and marketed by Raytheon Trusted Computing
> > Solutions. They make a claim that states you can lock down a Red Hat/Fedora
> > Linux box in minutes instead of hours or days. I need a more trustworthy
> > take on it, the testimonials sound way too cheerleader like to me.
> >
> > David
> >
> 
> I think admins would be better off doing it by hand so they know
> what's going on instead of hoping the pretty magic black box will do
> everything for you, but I'm also getting awfully curmudgeony in my
> middle age ;)
> 
> The NSA puts out some good guides for securing various operating
> systems.  And they don't want to break the piggy bank for support
> costs.
> 
> 
> 
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> superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong
> proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot."
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