DARPA-derived secure microkernel goes open source tomorrow


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Commnet: A drone protecting code is being released to the public

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By Darren Pauli, 28 Jul 2014
 
 
 
A nippy microkernel mathematically proven to be bug free*, and used to protect drones from hacking, will be released as open source tomorrow.
The formal-methods-based secure embedded L4 (seL4) microkernel was developed by Australian boffins at National ICT Australia (NICTA) and was part of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's High-Assurance Cyber Military Systems program hatched in 2012 to stop hackers knocking unmanned birds out of the sky.
 
The Register/ Full Read Here/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/28/aussie_droneprotecting_hackerdetecting_kernel_goes_open_source/
 
 

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