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Worth a Look: Free Software at Pentagon, and on One Desktop

Free Software in Use at Pentagon Apache Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Thunderbird, Evolution OpenOffice.org OpenSSH OpenSSL bind Postfix gcc – GNAT perl, Python, PHP Samba Mailman MySQL and PostgreSQL GIMP MediaWiki More specifically, they use the following open source software for specific military purposes: FalconView – PC-based mapping application Open Source Software for Imagery & Mapping …

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20120717 Open Source Everything Highlights

Open Source Everything TWITTER HASH: #openall ARCHIVE OF DAILY HIGHLIGHTS: http://tinyurl.com/OSE-ALL ROOT POST: http://tinyurl.com/OSE-ROOT THE BOOK: http://tinyurl.com/OSE-Steele THE PERSON: http://tinyurl.com/Steele2012 All Opens Below Line .  Also Includes Autonomous Internet, Crowd-Funding/Sensing/Sourcing, and Transparency, Truth, Trust, & True Cost

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Berto Jongman: Interesting Global Security Links

24 June Uranus Square Pluto CBME Newsletter Drone Warfare (Book Review) Entanglement – Movie Trailer Extreme Right Wing Movements Fighting a Pandemic Flame Developed by Israel and USA GAO on Aviation Security Global Security Landscape Invisible Wars Movie Trailer Iran Detects Massive Cyber-Attack Israel – More Bunker Buster Bombs Jihaddist Twittering Jihaddist Twitter Use Meltdown …

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John Robb: Worms, Drones, SuperBugs, & Plagues – The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

This Version of the Four Horsemen the Apocalypse actually Makes Sense What types of weapons will use self-replication (which in this context means the ability to easily and rapidly make exact copies of themselves on a massive scale without human oversight)? Here’s a really simple taxonomy.  Had some fun with this.  All of these use …

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Berto Jongman: Reference on Public Health Approach to Internet Security

Report Release: What Internet Security Can Gain From a Public Health Approach NEW YORK, June 4, 2012 – The Internet puts people, systems, and networks in constant contact worldwide, and it needs a global, coordinated effort to protect digital systems from online threats-just like the public health community’s efforts to defend our bodies from illness. …

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Mini-Me: Pentagon Plan X versus Skywiper/Flame

Huh? Pentagon Plan X The Pentagon is turning to the private sector, universities and even computer game companies as part of an ambitious effort to develop technologies to improve its cyberwarfare capabilities, launch effective attacks and withstand the likely retaliation. The previously unreported effort, which its authors have dubbed Plan X, marks a new phase …

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