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Subject: Re: The Sentry
From: Jon Callas (joncounterpane.com)
Date: Mon Apr 03 2000 - 18:29:12 CDT

>what are you meaning by a (http://www.counterpane.com/whitepaper.html):
>
> The Sentry is built on top of a dedicated computer sitting on your
> network. This computer is provided by Counterpane, and runs a
> proprietary and secure version of Linux. The Sentry also contains
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> self-monitoring software designed to detect attacks against itself and
> alert Socrates.
>
>How can you keep a GNU/Linux system (or even the Linux Kernel) proprietary
>while placing that system at a customer site? By providing the
>binaries (even on the hard disk of an locked up box) you have to
>provide the source code too.

Proprietary in this case means we've been doing work ourselves, as opposed
to merely changing the config files. (But we've been doing that, too.)

You're right, it's a bad word. I'll see if we can get it changed post haste.

We're calling our kernel "CLUNIX" and we *will* be releasing the whole
thing under some suitable open source license.

         Jon

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