Saturday May 20, 2006
Dear IBM: Please conside Solaris over SE Linux for the NHS.
Dear IBM UK,
I see, thanks to a story on the regiser, that IBM is pushing an SE Linux based MAC (Mandatory Access Control) solution to the UK government and in particular the NHS.
Thanks for trying to bring Mandatory Access Control out of its "hiding place" in the military and trying to put it to use where we really need it in health care.
However, personally, I don't think SE Linux is the correct solution for this. Why not work with partner, Sun Microsystems, and use a Common Criteria EAL4+ (CAPP, RBACPP and LSPP) certified system: Trusted Solaris or better yet our up and comming Solaris Trusted Extensions that layers on top of the award winning Solaris 10. A solution that is known to work and has been developed and deployed in mission critical environments for over 15 years. It even works with our ultra thin and ultra low power client Sun Ray which is ideal for deployments like the NHS where doctors and nurses roam around and power budget is important, and our Secure Global Desktop for remote access to Windows XP systems.
yoursDarren (long time Trusted Solaris fan and consumer of the NHS)
In case it needs to be said this is a PERSONAL open letter to IBM not an official view from Sun Microsystems Inc.
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