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Red Hat Linux awarded top government security rating
Computer World ^ | June 15th | Robert McMillan

Posted on 06/17/2007 5:27:56 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing

-- Red Hat Linux has received a new level of security certification, one that should make the software more appealing to some government agencies. Last week IBM Corp. was able to achieve EAL4 Augmented with ALC_FLR.3 certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, putting it on a par with Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Trusted Solaris operating system, said Dan Frye, vice president of open systems with IBM.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: linux; oss; redhat; security
http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/
1 posted on 06/17/2007 5:27:58 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
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To: ShadowAce

ping


2 posted on 06/17/2007 5:33:01 AM PDT by KoRn (Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Bill must be twitching...


3 posted on 06/17/2007 6:59:08 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; ..

4 posted on 06/17/2007 2:44:30 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Linux is still far behind, FYI Sun Solaris and Microsoft Windows have already had this certification for many years. Sun’s webserver software destroys Apache on Linux for security too. I seriously doubt very many people will be switching, especially as support from Sun costs less than RH to begin with. If you want Red Hat go with Oracle you get the same exact code and half the support cost.


5 posted on 06/17/2007 4:27:10 PM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Excellent news. It would be interesting to see the specs for how the approved version was configured.


6 posted on 06/17/2007 8:11:37 PM PDT by zeugma (Don't Want illegal Alien Amnesty? Call 800-417-7666)
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To: zeugma; TLI

^^^^^^^^^^^^^It would be interesting to see the specs for how the approved version was configured.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I would too. I wonder how 3rd party packages played into this.

It’s easy for something to be secure if it comes out of the box with everything turned off, or with everything removed/stripped.

If it were done with everything + the kitchen sink on, installed, and enabled then Bill probably was twitching. :-)

Besides, this isn’t the first RH OS to reach high security rating, SuSE has also done it.


7 posted on 06/18/2007 5:53:19 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing (How ironic is it that me, a linux user, swears by microsoft keyboards and mice?)
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To: Golden Eagle

^^^^^^^Linux is still far behind^^^^^^^^^^

*yawn* This isn’t the first time a linux OS achieved EAL.


8 posted on 06/18/2007 5:54:42 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing (How ironic is it that me, a linux user, swears by microsoft keyboards and mice?)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Besides, this isn’t the first RH OS to reach high security rating, SuSE has also done it.

Just to pick a nit--SUSE isn't a RH OS. :)

9 posted on 06/18/2007 6:50:26 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

LOL!

I thought that the ‘has also’ cleared me of such things.

I guess not. :-P


10 posted on 06/18/2007 7:17:25 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing (How ironic is it that me, a linux user, swears by microsoft keyboards and mice?)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
This isnÂ’t the first time a linux OS achieved EAL.

ROFL, your posts are hilarious. FYI there are different levels of certification, you should do a lot more reading and a lot less posting, even shadow is embarrased for you LOL.

11 posted on 06/18/2007 7:51:35 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: ShadowAce

Apparently you’re embarrased for me now.

Were you aware of this?


12 posted on 06/18/2007 8:09:39 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing (How ironic is it that me, a linux user, swears by microsoft keyboards and mice?)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Huh? Oh—you must mean that post I don’t have to look at. I have no idea what it says. :)


13 posted on 06/18/2007 8:12:09 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

Oh yeah....... LOL

So, did you get the memo? You don’t seem very embarrassed.


14 posted on 06/18/2007 8:14:34 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing (How ironic is it that me, a linux user, swears by microsoft keyboards and mice?)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
You don’t seem very embarrassed.

You seem to be more astute than my accuser. :)

15 posted on 06/18/2007 8:19:25 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

hahaha......... But that makes me wonder. When did GE gain the right to speak on your behalf, even with a false charge?


16 posted on 06/18/2007 9:10:43 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing (How ironic is it that me, a linux user, swears by microsoft keyboards and mice?)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Never, but that doesn’t stop him. It’s one of the reasons I banned him from my screen.


17 posted on 06/18/2007 9:14:08 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: zeugma

Ditto, Id really like to see the specs..

Linux has had these capabilities for years its just never had the weight of someone like IBM to push for this recognition. The areas of advantage for Solaris continue to disappear, then again with open solaris, gpl java, and talks about OSS solaris the advantages of Linux over Solaris are disappearing.

Red Hat continues to, with too little community credit, put together the distro which moves linux higher and higher up the food chain.


18 posted on 06/18/2007 9:58:27 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
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To: ShadowAce

19 posted on 06/18/2007 10:36:27 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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