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| From | "ratsack" <ratgsack281@nospam.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: The joy of simplicity? |
| Date | 2015-07-10 05:28 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <d080c3F6b1eU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <b1e5d76d-84db-473f-a824-d742be63baba@googlegroups.com> <87egkj5nxy.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> <vrqdnSoXQcqMYAHInZ2dnUU78XednZ2d@giganews.com> <87io9u1ug9.fsf@lhwserver.localdomain> <V6SdnVBI9pRb9gPInZ2dnUU78QmdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
"Andrew Swallow" <am.swallow@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:V6SdnVBI9pRb9gPInZ2dnUU78QmdnZ2d@giganews.com... > On 08/07/2015 17:32, Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote: >> Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> writes: >>> The one organisation that can bring this under control is the >>> Department of Defence. It needs much improved protection from >>> hacking. Many of its hostile hackers are spies working for foreign >>> governments. Computer security requires the DOD to start with >>> operating systems designed to be defend against attacks. >> >> >> Home Depot Has Better Cyber Security Than 25 US Defense Contractors >> http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/07/home-depot-has-better-cyber-security-25-us-defense-contractors/116995/ >> Pentagon Contractors Rank Below Retailers and Banks When it Comes to >> Cybersecurity >> http://www.fedcyber.com/2015/07/06/pentagon-contractors-rank-below-retailers-and-banks-when-it-comes-to-cybersecurity/ >> Pentagon Contractors Rank Below Retailers and Banks When it Comes to >> Cybersecurity >> http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/07/pentagon-contractors-ranked-below-retailers-and-banks-when-it-comes-cybersecurity/116899/ >> Pentagon Contractors Ranked Below Retailers and Banks When it Comes to >> Cybersecurity >> http://www.fedcyber.com/2015/07/06/pentagon-contractors-ranked-below-retailers-and-banks-when-it-comes-to-cybersecurity/ >> >> and x-over from >> http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2015f.html#21 Credit card fraud solution >> coming to America...finally >> >> >> early as 2007 >> http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/01/confirmation-that-china-stole-f35-f22.html >> Chinese Hackers Score F-35, Black Hawk Chopper, and PATRIOT Missile Data >> http://www.dailytech.com/Chinese+Hackers+Score+F35+Black+Hawk+Chopper+and+PATRIOT+Missile+Data/article31638.htm >> Stolen F-35 Secrets Now Showing Up in China's Stealth Fighter; Design >> data on F-35 stolen in 2007 >> http://freebeacon.com/national-security/stolen-f-35-secrets-now-showing-up-in-chinas-stealth-fighter/ >> New fear: Worm that ransacked US military PCs was blueprint for spies' >> super-malware; Secret stealer spawned spooks' snoop stooge, it seems >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/12/cyber_espionage_daddy/ Stolen >> F-35 Secrets Showing Up In China's Stealth Fighter >> http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/2014/03/stolen-f-35-secrets-showing-up-in.html >> Officials: Chinese Spying Helped Develop Stealth Jet >> http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/china-cyberspying-f-35-stealth-jet/2014/03/13/id/559402/ >> New Chinese stealth jet built with stolen F-35 component designs >> http://rt.com/news/chinese-jet-cyber-espionage-stolen-718/ Chinese >> Stealth Fighter Operating With Stolen U.S. Technology >> http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/13/chinese-stealth-fighter-operating-with-stolen-u-s-technology/ >> >> more gov. Cyber Dumb >> >> Government Software Project Failure >> http://defense.about.com/od/prodinnovate/a/Government-Software-Project-Failures.htm >> World's Biggest 'Agile' Software Project Close To Failure >> http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/05/25/139218/worlds-biggest-agile-software-project-close-to-failure >> The scariest software project horror stories of 2012 >> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9234581/The_scariest_software_project_horror_stories_of_2012 >> Billion-Dollar Flop: Air Force Stumbles on Software Plan >> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/technology/air-force-stumbles-over-software-modernization-project.html?_r=0 >> Opinion: Does the Pentagon give contractors an incentive for slow R&D? >> http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_02_24_2014_p16-664173.xml >> NSA director calls for stronger strategy to deter cyberattacks >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-director-calls-for-stronger-deterrent-strategy-to-oppose-cyberattacks/2014/02/27/aabd3d92-9fd4-11e3-a050-dc3322a94fa7_story.html >> Army Unit to Intel Center: DCGS Doesn't Work >> http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/03/23/army-unit-to-intel-center-dcgs-doesnt-work/ >> The Pentagon Spent $2.7 Billion on an Intelligence System That Doesn't >> Work >> http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/03/pentagon-spent-27-billion-intelligence-system-doesnt-work/359319/ >> $2.7 Billion Later, the Army's Intelligence-Sharing Computer System >> Still Doesn't Work >> http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-07/27-billion-later-army%E2%80%99s-intelligence-sharing-computer-system-still-doesn%E2%80%99t-work >> Exclusive: Pentagon Withholds Internal Report About Flawed $2.7 Billion >> Intel Program >> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/18/exclusive_pentagon_withholds_report_2.7_billion_intel_program >> International Engagement on CYBER 2014 >> http://lsgs.georgetown.edu/events/InternationalEngagementonCyber2014 >> Commander: U.S. Military Not Ready for Cyber Warfare; Gen. Alexander >> tells Senate threat of major cyber attacks is growing >> http://freebeacon.com/national-security/commander-u-s-military-not-ready-for-cyber-warfare/ >> > > If you want to make a major change the back is a good place to start from. > > The right ten people should be able to produce a good but basic operating > system in 3-4 years. So the pilot development would cost about > 10 * 4 * $200,000 = $8,000,000 It wouldn’t take anything like that to start with linux and strip out what you don’t like. > Email with built in encryption, web browser, word processor and spread > sheet are needed. You need a lot more than just that. Civil servants will also need a form handling front > end to a distributed database. Not just civil servants. No macro handlers, compilers or > interpreters. These can be developed by a different teams.
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