Within a day, however, researchers had already turned up research refuting the assertions. Open-source analyst Jonathan D. Abolins found a translated press release in the PLA Daily indicating that the operating system was part of a project to create advanced homegrown technologies, but most — more than 99 percent — of the code is copied from FreeBSD, according to the Info Warfare Monitor.China is not the only country to work on a more secure operating system. The National Security Agency has worked with researchers to produce Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), a locked-down version of the operating system for sensitive applications.
Security Focus: Much ado about Kylin
Published: May 20, 2009