> -----Original Message----- > From: Cal Webster > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 13:31 > > On Thu, 2014-12-04 at 13:09 -0500, Jason Ricles wrote: > > That is true, which we are using ours for critical things. > Guess RHEL > > will be the way to go till Centos is maybe approved for critical > > systems as well. > > That's really up to the program manager in which the machine would be More correct the DAA [designated approving authority], not the PM. > used. He would make a determination whether it's supportable and > maintainable, based on in-house expertise and/or outside contract > support. RHEL subscriptions give you instant support and patches if > necessary. Otherwise, unless another RHEL subscriber has the > same issue, > you'd have to wait for the community to fix something then get it > integrated into RHEL before filtering down to CentOS. If this is > acceptable then CentOS is an option. > > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Cal Webster > <cwebster at ec.rr.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2014-12-04 at 11:41 -0500, Jason Ricles wrote: > > >> Gotcha, I also work with DoD for Navy systems and was > surprised by > > >> that. So you mean if we don't want to pay RHEL licensing > fees, we can > > >> use Centos? Since we are paying about $100 per RHEL license. > > > > > > I would recommend RHEL for critical systems or those that must be > > > certified for a particular purpose, such as CA servers. > We've been using > > > CentOS for years now on our internal networks for > software development, > > > local site mail service (SMTP/POP/IMAP), file services > > > (FTP/NFS/SMB/CIFS), DNS, local web servers, etc. It works > very well for > > > this, especially for software development where multiple > people can get > > > a GUI login through Stunnel->VNC->GDM and/or shell through ssh. > > > > > > We're also using CentOS for software maintenance of RHEL > hosts on our > > > aircraft simulators. Many of our software developers > prefer a CentOS > > > workstation because of its versatility. On those we > install MS Windoze > > > as a KVM guest for those applications that require it. My internal > > > workstation is setup this way for use network/systems admin and > > > analysis, software development, as well as normal office tasks. > > > > > >> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Jason Pyeron > <jpyeron at pdinc.us> wrote: > > >> >> -----Original Message----- > > >> >> From: Jason Ricles > > >> >> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 11:23 > > >> >> To: CentOS mailing list > > >> >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox fails to authenticate .mil > > >> >> sites with New DoDCAC > > >> >> > > >> >> I thought DoD used RHEL and not Centos, or did Centos > did approved > > >> >> DADEMS recently? > > >> > > > >> > DADMS is a Navy system, but yes Centos is approved for > use by DISA. You would STIG it just like RHEL. > > >> > > > >> > -Jason -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.