Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:17:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NAI Labs Announces DARPA-Funded FreeBSD Security Initiative Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010711111639.48297E-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010709115521.038c3e10@marble.sentex.ca>
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Thanks--we worked pretty hard over the past nine to twelve months to make this happen, and hopefully we'll get a lot out of it (as well as encouraging future investment in FreeBSD by DoD and other possible sponsors). Oh, and we're hiring, so if you know anyone interested in doing open source (and more specifically, FreeBSD) operating system security work, have them drop me a resume at rwatson@tislabs.com. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > This is WAY cool!!! Congratulations to all involved. > > ---Mike > > At 11:47 AM 7/9/01 -0400, Robert Watson wrote: > > >NAI Labs Announces DARPA-Funded FreeBSD Security Initiative > > > > > > Monday, July 09, > > 2001 > > > > > > NAI Labs Partners With DARPA to Secure Open Source Operating > > System > > > > > > $1.2 Million Contract to Enhance Operating System Security > > Services > > > > > > NAI Labs, the advanced research group within PGP Security, a division > > of > > Network Associates, Inc., announced a $1.2 million contract awarded by > > the > > U.S. Navy's Space and Warfare Systems Command to develop > > security > > extensions to the Open Source FreeBSD operating system. This work, > > which > > is funded under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency > > (DARPA), > > will be done in partnership with members of the FreeBSD > > developer > > community, assuring tight system integration and rapid > > technology > > transfer. The project will be lead by NAI Labs Research Scientist > > Robert > > Watson, and NAI Labs Chief Scientist Lee Badger. The work will be done > > in > > part by sub-contractors from the FreeBSD development community, > > including > > Kirk McKusick, Poul-Henning Kamp, Jonathan Lemon, and Eivind Eklund. > > The > > $1.2 million will be paid over the life of an 18-month > > contract. > > > > > > Today's evolving military and business processes increasingly rely on > > Open > > Source systems to power network infrastructure, network services, file > > and > > database servers, and workstation environments. Unfortunately, > > these > > systems have traditionally lacked advanced security features, such > > as > > Mandatory Access Control, required for secure environments. > > Likewise, > > other advanced security techniques developed by the security > > research > > community have often failed to transition to off-the-shelf > > systems. > > > > > > The Community-Based Open Source Security (CBOSS) initiative will > > address > > these challenges through close collaboration with the FreeBSD > > developer > > community. FreeBSD is an advanced, high-performance operating > > system > > widely used by Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and as the basis > > for > > embedded network products including routers and firewalls, due to > > its > > scalability, ease of management, and cost effective operation. The > > system > > has also formed the basis for substantial parts of Apple's Mac OS X > > next > > generation operating system, as well as products from a variety of > > other > > operating system vendors. NAI Labs, in cooperation with a number of > > key > > FreeBSD developers, will enhance the FreeBSD operating system to > > offer > > several new security services, as well as improved assurance, > > providing a > > direct technology transfer path for security research. This will > > include > > the development or porting of specific security technologies, > > including > > NAI Labs' LOMAC, development of highly integrated file system and > > device > > extensibility services to support security features, network > > stack > > hardening, kernel security model extensibility allowing tightly > > integrated > > mandatory access control, and application security work. Several of > > these > > components are based on or contribute to work performed as part of > > the > > TrustedBSD Project, a project which seeks to introduce trusted > > operating > > system functionality into the FreeBSD operating > > system. > > > > > > The Composable High Assurance Trusted Systems (CHATS) program at > > DARPA > > will focus on the development of the tools and technology that enable > > the > > core systems and network services to protect themselves from > > the > > introduction and execution of malicious code and other attack > > techniques > > and methods. These tools and technologies aim to provide the > > high > > assurance trusted operating systems the security services needed > > to > > achieve comprehensive secure highly distributed mission > > critical > > information systems for the DoD. This program seeks to enhance > > the > > existing approach to development and acquisition of high assurance > > trusted > > operating systems technology by advancing the security > > functionality, > > security services, and the state of assurance in current > > open-source > > operating systems and developing a long-term architectural framework > > for > > future trusted operating > > systems. > > > > For more information on NAI Labs, please see: > > > > http://www.nailabs.com/ > > > > For more information on the CBOSS initiative, please see: > > > > http://opensource.nailabs.com/news/20010709-cboss.html > > > > http://opensource.nailabs.com/initiatives/cboss/ > > > > > > > >This is the moderated mailing list freebsd-announce. > >The list contains announcements of new FreeBSD capabilities, > >important events and project milestones. > >See also the FreeBSD Web pages at http://www.freebsd.org > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-announce" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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