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DOD Creates its Own Sourceforge

Red Hat-based security with Bastille server configuration automation project
By Maureen O'Gara
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February 6, 2009 11:48 AM EST
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The US Defense Department has created forge.mil, its own Red Hat-based security-defended knockoff of Sourceforge accessible only with smartcards for those who would edit or contribute open source code and a DOD, CAC or ECA certificate. It's reportedly only got information on three projects and no code on it so far. They include a Bastille server configuration automation project, an RFP project and one to automate the secure configuration of Solaris systems. The agency has also developed its own cloud.

 

Published February 6, 2009 – Reads 442
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Maureen O'Gara is the Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025.

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