Heard of Kylin ?

[nihil]

Hi ByTe,

I think that they meant "started to migrate"

Given the size of China, and the fact that a large proportion of its IT infrastructure is state controlled, this will obviously take quite some time to roll out.

The Chinese are denying the espionage bit, and I must say that I am inclined to believe them. This is an article in the online version of the People's Daily (English edition):

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90...7/6662406.html

I think that the idea of a "secure OS" comes from them adopting ideas from the SELinux/SEBSD projects. This would make sense for them to grow their economy in the banking, other financial and e-commerce sectors.

I believe that there is now a 3.0 version of Kylin that has some of these features. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a link yet

Having worked in the military sector (in the UK) I am inclined to agree with the author of the article that military networks are maintained physically secure, and separate from the internet. Hence, a "secure OS" shouldn't really matter, as hackers (even US military ones) should not be able to get near it anyway.

Commercial interests on the other hand need the internet, so are intrinsically more vulnerable.

This article seems to confirm my thoughts?

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/20...05_328320.html