IBM Clinches Security Certification for Linux

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 05, 2003 @09:35AM from the we're-like-secure-or-something dept.

Nimey writes "IBM has gotten Linux certified under the Common Criteria specification. " What this means is that government can consider Linux when making purchasing decisions. Linux got the highest rating possible.

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Re:Alright...? (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday August 05, 2003 @09:48AM (#6614587)

So what the hell was going on before?
The government would have to buy a trusted operating system that meets the common criteria.. for example, Microsoft Windows 2000. Yes, it is certified too. Let's not start sucking each others dicks on this just yet.

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Re:It must really be secure then... (Score:5, Funny)

by Mr Bill ( 21249 ) writes: on Tuesday August 05, 2003 @09:59AM (#6614676)

Microsoft has prepared a nice guide for ensuring compliance to the common criteria guides for the Windows Sysadmin

Does it include removing the Ethernet card from the system???

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High and higher (Score:4, Funny)

by Rutje ( 606635 ) writes: on Tuesday August 05, 2003 @10:03AM (#6614706)

Linux got the highest rating possible

The highest rating for linux is Bill Gates using it (secretly at home)!

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Re:Are there any secure Os's out there? (Score:4, Funny)

by dema ( 103780 ) writes: on Tuesday August 05, 2003 @10:06AM (#6614720) Homepage

Mac OS X.....duh!

When was the last time someone made a virus for a mac?

Security By Lack Of Popularity they call it. (:

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Windows NT 3.5 (Score:3, Funny)

by CaptainZapp ( 182233 ) * writes: on Tuesday August 05, 2003 @10:18AM (#6614818) Homepage

Anybody remembers the Windows NT 3.5 certification fiasko?
Very true that it got C2 certification, but if I recall correctly only when external drives where removed and the PC was not hooked up to a network.

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Re:Can vs. Will (Score:2, Funny)

by Captain Large Face ( 559804 ) writes: on Tuesday August 05, 2003 @10:21AM (#6614844) Homepage

"They invented the game and probably patented it as well."

Yeah? Well, Amazon patented Patenting...

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Re:Alright...? (Score:3, Funny)

by xanadu-xtroot.com ( 450073 ) writes: <xanadu@inor b i t .com> on Tuesday August 05, 2003 @10:43AM (#6615006) Homepage Journal

secure on hardware X, and software Y

Isn't X [xfree.org] software though?

(cue rim-shot)

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Re:High and higher (Score:3, Funny)

by drinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes: <drink@hyperlogos.org> on Tuesday August 05, 2003 @02:19PM (#6617392) Homepage Journal

Bill Gates doesn't need to run Linux, he knows the value for the secret registry tree to instruct Windows not to crash.

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Re:Alright...? (Score:2, Funny)

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