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Windows 2000 Gets Common Criteria Certification

Posted by timothy on from the endorsement dept.

Qnal writes "e-Week is reporting that Microsoft Windows 2000 has been awarded Common Criteria Certification.. Read more of the propaganda here. Basically, according to the article Any user running Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 is running exactly the same system that was evaluated. The Common Criteria certification is an internationally recognized ISO standard established for evaluating the security of infrastructure technology products. Too bad it takes 3 Service Packs..."

2 of 462 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Linux is better... by mao+che+minh · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Agreed, especially concerning security, and we don't need some paid-for piece of paper to say so.

  2. Too bad it takes 3 Service Packs... by goldspider · · Score: 1, Redundant

    And if Linux was perfect at it's 1.0 release, you'd have a leg to stand on.

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