SE Linux embarks on Common Criteria testing

Posted by tadelste on Sep 27, 2005 12:09 PM EDT
Government Computer News; By Joab Jackson GNC Staff Written
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The National Security Agency’s Security Enhanced Linux has started to undergo Common Criteria evaluation. Earlier this month, IBM Corp. submitted Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.5 (RHEL 5)—which includes the SE Linux module—for Evaluation Assurance Level l. With the evaluation in place, this version of Linux, available from Red Hat Inc. of Raleigh, N.C., in late 2006, could offer another trusted operating system for handling sensitive information. Traditionally, Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Trusted Solaris operating system has dominated this market.

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