Red Hat, Sun aim for security certification

Posted by tadelste on Nov 7, 2005 4:20 AM EDT
Government Computer News; By Joab Jackson
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In 2006, network administrators in high-security environments will have two new general-purpose operating systems to choose from. Both Sun Microsystems Solaris 10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are undergoing Level 4 Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance. With those certifications in hand, vendors are planning to offer desktop OSes that operate across many security levels, eliminating the need to put multiple computers—one for each security level—on analysts’ desks.

[Ed: Take it or leave it. GNC is biased toward Microsoft. -tadelste]

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