Rant No Defense for Linux
Charles, Joshua Micah (UMKC-Student)
jmcqk6 at umkc.edu
Tue Jul 27 20:10:38 CDT 2004
>From the article:
>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires software that
>runs commercial (and many military) aircraft be approved as part
>of a DO-178B certification. DO-178B Level A is the highest safety
>standard for software design, development, documentation, and
>testing. It is required for any software whose failure could cause
>or contribute to the catastrophic loss of an aircraft.
>Several operating systems have been DO-178B Level A certified. Until
>Linux is certified to DO-178B Level A, our soldiers, sailors, airmen >and marines should not be
asked to trust their lives with it.
He makes a point here, I think.
Something he didn't address, but I'm not sure if he should have is this:
How much does the security of linux depend on the person running it?
Josh
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