Topic: Forge.mil

[Nemesis]

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The dam holding back U.S. federal adoption of open source just burst with the introduction of the Defense Department's Forge.mil.

Forge.mil is an open-source project repository built in the image of Sourceforge.net, Federal Computer Week reported Friday.

Despite being based on Sourceforge's technology, Forge.mil has one significant difference: security. As David Mihelcic, chief technology officer for the Defense Information Systems Agency, told Federal Computer Week, the Department of Defense's code repository has been "upgraded to meet DOD security requirements," with smart cards used to provide log-in credentials.

[Capt. Mike]

I believe the only problem with their "smart cards" is they are relying on the CAC (Common Access Card)..now should I slyly look over your shoulder as you put in your super secret number, and memorize it..all I have to do is casually remove your card while you are away from your computer..

Now I realize you are supposed to take it out whenever you leave your workstation..but I have seen some lax practices in the last few years...

I keep mine on a neck chain, so it goes where I go...

But, I will have to check the site out..

Mike

[NJAntman]

I wish someone would look over my shoulder during login so that I can bug them later for the right password because I've got to remember my CAC, the logins for three analytical machines not using CAC but tied to the network, my building security code, my damn 9 digit phone access for calls outside DSN, and all my internet site logins and passwords now that I can't read those of a thumb drive if I'm surfing the net from a DOD computer.

Oh I sometimes long for the old style work day: a typewriter, a phone, an abacus, and some porno magazines stashed in the bottom drawer (that is how the dinosaurs describe it was).