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[News] Free Software Catching on in the Department of Defense

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Open source makes serious headway in the U.S. Department of Defense

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| As I listened to David Mihelcic, CTO with the U.S. Defense Information 
| Systems Agency talk about the benefits of open source on Federal News Radio's 
| presentation of "Open Source Solutions - 2 Years In Review," I couldn't help 
| but be impressed with just how far open source has come in the past decade.   
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10126839-16.html


Recent:

Malware knocks Defense Department e-mail offline

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| According to the Associated Press, the US Defense Department took 
| 1,500 computers offline as the result of a cyber attack. 
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9733189-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20


Navy CIO 'recognizes the importance of OSS to the warfighter'

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| John Weathersby, executive director of the Open Source Software 
| Institute, told Linux.com today that, effective immediately, the 
| Department of the Navy has adopted a new policy which requires that 
| open source software must be considered in every software 
| acquisition the Navy makes.
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/0135204


State Department got mail and hackers

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| A break-in targeting State Department computers worldwide last
| summer occurred after a department employee in Asia opened a
| mysterious e-mail that quietly allowed hackers inside the U.S.
| government's network.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070419/ap_on_hi_te/hackers_state_department


The feds weigh in on Windows security

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| "The benefits of this move are enormous: Common, secure configurations
| can help slow botnet spreading, can radically reduce delays in patching,
| can stop many attacks directly, and organizations that have made the
| move report that it actually saves money rather than costs money,"
| Paller wrote.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6172158.html
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