[Discuss] US Navy buys Linux to guide drone fleet

[Richard Pieri]

On 6/11/2012 3:02 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
> Hasn't the NSA already done this? We see the product of it in SELinux.

No.  SELinux is not a distribution, not even internally at the NSA.  Nor 
is it a complete security solution.  The NSA describes SELinux as a good 
start.

That said, this isn't the first time that a DOD branch has invested 
heavily in Linux.  Recall that the Air Force built a 1700-node Linux 
supercomputer a few years back using PlayStation 3 units[1].

Ultimately, it depends on what Patuxent NAS needs.  My suspicion is that 
some Brass fears (rightly so) their drone fleet falling prey to 
something like Stuxnet or Flame.


[1] And boy, howdy! was Sony pissed. :)

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Rich P.