Developers: | Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (Ministry of Defence) |
Branches: | Military industrial complex, Government and social institutions, Information technologies |
Technology: | OS |
The Mobile System of Armed Forces (MSAF) — operating system a special purpose based on a core Linux Red Hat. In 2002 version 3.0 was released. A developer is the All-Russian Research Institute of control automation in the nonindustrial sphere (VNIINS). it is capable to function on hardware platforms MIPS, SPARC and Intel. In addition to the Ministry of Defence consulates of the Russian Federation in the USA and Japan use the MSVS operating system.
Features
File system MSVS OS 3.0 supports names of files up to 256 characters long, with a possibility of creation of Russian-speaking names files and directories, symbolic links, a quota system and access rights lists. There is a possibility of assembling of file systems FAT and NTFS and also ISO-9660 (compact disks). Is a part of MSVS OS 3.0 graphic system which basis a system was X-Window. The majority of MSVS OS programs 3.0 is focused on work in a graphical environment. System of printing MSVS OS 3.0 supports the mechanism of mandatory access control, performs marking of printed pages and accounting of printing of documents. The fact of printing is registered in a register of reproduction of printing documents. For work with this magazine the program allowing to browse it, to edit some fields of records, and to print is used.