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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!olive.mil.adfa.oz.au!navmat.navy.gov.au!posgate.acis.com.au!warrane.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!nntp.neu.edu!camelot.ccs.neu.edu!gahull From: gahull@ccs.neu.edu (Gregory Hull) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: need secure OS to entrust millions to Followup-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Date: 24 Feb 1996 16:21:42 GMT Organization: College of Computer Science, Northeastern University. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4gndum$pfk@camelot.ccs.neu.edu> References: <4gi6t6$3h9@lace.colorado.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: denali.ccs.neu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:18055 comp.os.linux.misc:88504 comp.os.linux.networking:29738 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:14381 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2322 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2464 Bryce (wilcoxb@cs.colorado.edu) wrote: : -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- : I'm writing documentation which advises banks on how to : setup an electronic banking software package on a : Net-connected, firewall-protected Intel box. Some of the : most important banks in the world will be reading this : documentation very soon. The current version of the : documentation, which I inherited, advises them to run : FreeBSD or BSDI. I'm considering changing this : recommendation to Linux. Umm.. Before __ever__ considering using Linux in a commercial environment, I'd be sure to read through the Linux Alert archive. Linux, out of the box, Red Hat especially it seems, is full of holes. The phrase, swiss cheese comes to mind. Greg Hull --------- Northeastern College of ComputerScience || Men's Heavyweight Varsity Crew Lotus Notes API