Apple Submits Mac OS X For Security Evaluation

ranger8x writes "Apple has submitted Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server to the U.S. government's National Information Assurance Partnership to evaluate various security features. It seems Apple is looking for some respect by the government, and to 'get more exposure.'"

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*BSD Is Dying by pwpbot

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