Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment
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Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment
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Re: Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment
#2This raises a lot of questions about Ubuntu if a government that wants to tap everything has no problem and is "indirectly" recommending it for security.
Re: Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment
#3Systems under test were:
- Android 4.2
- iOS 6
- OSX 10.8
- Blackberry 10.1
- Google Chrome OS 26
- Ubuntu 12.04
- Windows 7 and 8
- Windows 8 RT
- Windows Phone
So pretty much a statement that a modern open linux can be made the most secure.
Re: Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment
#4Discussion from five days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7130479
Also, apparently about mobile phone operating systems and written by a Canonical employee.
Re: Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment
#5This raises a lot of questions about Ubuntu if a government that wants to tap everything has no problem and is "indirectly" recommending it for security.
It was apparently written by a Canonical employee, FWIW.
Re: Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment
#6This is seriously lacking data.
What exactly is this "Malicious Code Detection and Prevention" on Ubuntu? Or perhaps Application sandboxing?
Re: Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment
#7Warning as potentially misleading: despite the large CESG logo, this is hosted at ubuntu.com.
The PDF summary is written by a Sales Engineer at Canonical Ltd.
The original CESG security guidance has a rather different perspective: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/end-user-devices-s...
Re: Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment
#8Warning as potentially misleading: despite the large CESG logo, this is hosted at ubuntu.com. The PDF summary is written by a Sales Engineer at Canonical Ltd. The original CESG security guidance has a rather different perspective: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/end-user-devices-s...
Care to summarize? Each OS is a different document.
Re: Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment
#9Warning as potentially misleading: despite the large CESG logo, this is hosted at ubuntu.com. The PDF summary is written by a Sales Engineer at Canonical Ltd. The original CESG security guidance has a rather different perspective: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/end-user-devices-s...
Care to summarize? Each OS is a different document.
There's not going to be any one line answers but the section https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/end-user-devices-... is illuminating.
Not least for recommending the use of TPMs for disk encryption
Re: Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment
#10This raises a lot of questions about Ubuntu if a government that wants to tap everything has no problem and is "indirectly" recommending it for security.
It was apparently written by a Canonical employee, FWIW.
The article was written by a Canonical employee but not the study. If I were Canonical I would avoid writing/publishing such an article, as anything that the government recommends for security is probably seen by many as potentially backdoored.