Kylin

Named after the mythical beast qilin, Kylin (Chinese: 麒麟) is an operating system developed by academics at the National University of Defense Technology in the People's Republic of China, and approved for use by the People's Liberation Army. Based on Mach and FreeBSD, it aims to add an extra level of security to that operating system. In this sense, it is a similar effort to Security-Enhanced Linux that was originally developed primarily by the U.S. National Security Agency. The first public version of Kylin was released in 2007.

The Kylin system, as a version of the FreeBSD UNIX-based operating system, is compatible with other mainstream operating systems and supports multiple microprocessors and computers of different structures.

A report presented to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission caused concern by making claims that the purpose of Kylin is to hinder advances of competing countries in the cyberwarfare arena. This report has been heavily criticized as unsubstantiated. Kylin has reportedly been deployed in Chinese military and sensitive government organizations since 2007.

External links

• http://www.kylin-os.com - Kylin's official website (Chinese)
• http://2006.eurobsdcon.org/talks-wu.php - EuroBSDCon 2006, The Kylin Operating System by Qingbo Wu