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Iraq investigates cross-border raids
Published: May 9, 2008 at 7:26 PM
RAMADI, Iraq, May 9 (UPI) -- Iraq called on Damascus to examine the deaths in Anbar province of 13 police allegedly killed by foreign fighters entering the country from Syria. -
Iranian weapons causing Iraqi rift
Published: May 9, 2008 at 7:25 PM
BAGHDAD, May 9 (UPI) -- The decision by the Iraqi government to launch an investigation into Iranian weapons in the country raises questions about political motives. -
Saudis solicit bid for Iraqi border fence
Published: May 9, 2008 at 7:23 PM
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 9 (UPI) -- Scholars in Saudi Arabia warned against extremist ideologies urging men to enter Iraq to join the insurgency while officials solicit bids for a border fence.
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Iraq Press Roundup
Published: May 9, 2008 at 7:59 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The Kurdish Al Ahali newspaper Friday carried an editorial with the title "Between the official delegations to Iran and the statements from the government's spokesman," by Heval Zakhori. -
Dogs of War: Inherently governmental?
Published: May 9, 2008 at 12:03 PM
By DAVID ISENBERG
WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Amid all the polemics over the use of private military and security contractors by the U.S. government there are two words one rarely sees, but they lie at the very heart of the debate: "inherently governmental." -
Iraq Press Roundup
Published: May 9, 2008 at 11:28 AM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The Sunni Al Mashriq newspaper said Thursday in an editorial titled "The killing of 15 women" that the problem any militia in the world faces is that no matter how politically professional, organized and ideologically mature they are, they still might be accepted by one country and rejected by another. -
Analysis: Border force seeks recognition
Published: May 9, 2008 at 11:21 AM
By KUSHAL JEENA
UPI Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 9 (UPI) -- An Indian police force that guards the Indo-Tibetan border wants the federal Interior Ministry to give it the same status as other paramilitary security forces. -
Atlantic Eye: Hardly a done deal
Published: May 8, 2008 at 2:08 PM
By MARC S. ELLENBOGEN
UPI International Columnist
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 8 (UPI) -- Most Europeans see the U.S. presidential election as a done deal. They are quite surprised. They were convinced that Sen. Hillary Clinton was the sure thing. Now, and they are confused, they are expecting the inevitable: Sen. John McCain as president. -
Iraq Press Roundup
Published: May 7, 2008 at 3:29 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
Shebab Al Iraq newspaper Wednesday carried an editorial with the headline "Who is responsible for the atrocities in Sadr City?"
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NSA releases new version of Linux software
Published: March 24, 2008 at 11:13 AM
WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Security Agency has released its own version of the open-source computer operating system Linux, which offers enhanced security for users.
The new software was rolled out earlier this month to an e-mail list for users of Linux -- an operating system that many experts believe provides a more secure alternative to the ubiquitous Microsoft Windows. Linux is open-source, which means the core code is available to programmers to improve, as the NSA has done with its latest version of the so-called Security-Enhanced Linux, or SELinux.
The version provides what experts call Mandatory Access Control, which essentially limits the kind of instructions that software packages and users can issue to the computer, helping guard against hackers compromising it. MAC "confine(s) user programs and system servers to the minimum amount of privilege they require to do their jobs," says the agency on its Web site.
"This work is not intended as a complete security solution," said the agency in a March 5 statement about the latest update. "It is simply an example of how mandatory access controls that can confine the actions of any process, including an administrator process, can be added into a system."
The agency added the security features of the system were limited. "The focus of this work has not been on system assurance or other security features such as security auditing, although these elements are also important for a secure system."
The release was first reported by Government Computer News. The NSA has been working on SELinux since 2000, and it has been available to Linux users since 2003.
The NSA is also pushing for MAC to be made an option for Internet servers using the Network File System protocol, according to the Dark Reading IT security Web site.
The site said the proposal was discussed at a meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force in Philadelphia earlier this month.
The new software was rolled out earlier this month to an e-mail list for users of Linux -- an operating system that many experts believe provides a more secure alternative to the ubiquitous Microsoft Windows. Linux is open-source, which means the core code is available to programmers to improve, as the NSA has done with its latest version of the so-called Security-Enhanced Linux, or SELinux.
The version provides what experts call Mandatory Access Control, which essentially limits the kind of instructions that software packages and users can issue to the computer, helping guard against hackers compromising it. MAC "confine(s) user programs and system servers to the minimum amount of privilege they require to do their jobs," says the agency on its Web site.
"This work is not intended as a complete security solution," said the agency in a March 5 statement about the latest update. "It is simply an example of how mandatory access controls that can confine the actions of any process, including an administrator process, can be added into a system."
The agency added the security features of the system were limited. "The focus of this work has not been on system assurance or other security features such as security auditing, although these elements are also important for a secure system."
The release was first reported by Government Computer News. The NSA has been working on SELinux since 2000, and it has been available to Linux users since 2003.
The NSA is also pushing for MAC to be made an option for Internet servers using the Network File System protocol, according to the Dark Reading IT security Web site.
The site said the proposal was discussed at a meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force in Philadelphia earlier this month.
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