Head of IBM Linux Development to be Keynote Speaker at Third Security Enhanced Linux Symposium.BALTIMORE -- Daniel Frye, Vice President, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Open Systems Development, will be a keynote speaker for the third annual Security Enhanced Linux See SELinux. (SELinux) Symposium (www.selinux-symposium.org), scheduled for March 12-16, 2007 in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Frye is the head of IBM's UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). development team, principally responsible for Linux and AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. development. He is additionally responsible for overseeing IBM's Linux technical strategy, IBM's participation in the open source Linux development community, and the IBM Linux Technology Center The IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) is an organization focused on development for the Linux kernel and related open-source software projects. In 1999, IBM created the LTC to combine its software developers interested in Linux and other open-source software into a single organization. (LTC). The goal of Dr. Frye's Linux organization is to help the global open source community make Linux better, to ensure Enterprise-level Linux support for IBM's hardware, software, and services brands, and to help expand the reach of Linux into new markets. Dr. Frye will present a keynote address entitled "Open and Secure: Linux Today and Tomorrow." In this address, Dr. Frye will discuss the impact of SELinux on Linux, and how open software helps in the proliferation of new security technology. About the SELinux Symposium The Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Symposium is an annual exchange of ideas, technology, and research involving SELinux. SELinux is emerging technology that adds flexible, strong mandatory access control A system of access control that assigns security labels or classifications to system resources and allows access only to entities (people, processes, devices) with distinct levels of authorization or clearance. These controls are enforced by the operating system or security kernel. security to Linux. The third annual symposium is scheduled for March 12-16, 2007 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. This year's symposium is sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Red Hat, and Tresys Technology. The event brings together experts from business, government, and academia to share research, development, and application experiences using SELinux. For information on registration and sponsorship opportunities, see www.selinux-symposium.org. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion