NewsFactor: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems

“The focus of a hardened system is a bit simpler: Keep attackers
out of the system. Although the OpenBSD project does not use the
term ‘hardened’ to describe its OS, it fits the definition fairly
well. The project’s mix of proactive security and integration of
encryption Latest News about encryption puts it in the hardened
category. Apparently, the project has been pretty successful–the
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has
dedicated US$2.3 million in funding to OpenBSD over the next two
years.

“Another hardened OS is EnGarde Linux, which is sold by Guardian
Digital. EnGarde uses the same applications one might find in
another Linux distribution, but the approach to building the final
product is a bit different. Dave Wreski, CEO of Guardian Digital,
told NewsFactor that the average Linux distribution ‘tries to be
all things to all people,’ which makes it difficult to secure the
system…”

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