b-dayyy shared this article from Linux Security:
The United States government’s respect for and acceptance of open-source development has steadily grown stronger over the past decade, and the U.S. government is increasingly using open-source software as a way to roll out advanced, highly secure technology in an economical manner. On August 8, 2016, the White House CIO released a Federal Source Code Policy that calls for new software to be built, shared, and adapted using open-source methods to capitalize on code that is “secure, reliable, and effective in furthering our national objectives.”
The United States Department of Defense recognizes the key benefits associated with open-source development and trusts Linux as its operating system. In fact, the U.S. Army is the single largest installed base for Red Hat Linux and the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine fleet runs on Linux, including their sonar systems. Moreover, the Department of Defense just recently enlisted Red Hat, Inc., the world’s largest provider of open-source solutions, to help improve squadron operations and flight training.
In a comment on the original submission, long-time Slashdot reader bobs666 remembers setting up Minix 30 years ago “for running email for a part of the U.S. Army. It’s too bad the stupid people made me stop working on the project.”
But the world may be changing. The article notes that Linux has now already been certified to meet the three different security certifications required by the United States Department of Defense.
of this story at Slashdot.
Source:: Slashdot