NSA helps with Vista security

One should point out that NSA was heavily involved with Bell Labs and  
GE and MIT in the Multics effort back in the 60s (I was there) djf



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From: Suzanne Johnson <[email protected]>
Date: January 10, 2007 1:52:23 PM EST
To: [email protected]
Subject: NSA helps with Vista security




News sources are reporting on the NSA link to Microsoft's Vista  
operating system.  Apparently they were involved in assuring system  
security.   This is supposed to give users more confidence in the  
security of the OS.

> The National Security Agency stepped in to help Microsoft develop a  
> configuration of its next-generation operating system that would  
> meet U.S. Department of Defense requirements, said NSA spokesman  
> Ken White.
> This is not the first time the secretive agency has been brought in  
> by private industry to consult on operating system security, White  
> said, but it is the first time the NSA has worked with a vendor  
> prior to the release of an operating system.
.....clip

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do? 
command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9007719




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