SUSE Linux Receives EAL3 Certification

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 21, 2004 @12:59AM from the tougher-than-backwards-pig-latin dept.

prostoalex writes "Reporters from CNet News.com learned that SUSE Linux Enterprise Server received EAL3 certification, which allows it to compete with such certified operating systems as Windows (from Microsoft), Solaris (from Sun), HP-UX (from HP) and AIX (from IBM). Albeit all of the aforementioned OSs have EAL4 certification, Evaluation Assurance Level 3 allows SUSE Linux to be considered for a range of government and military tenders. Red Hat Linux is expected to receive EAL2 certification any time now."

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Re:Do security holes reduce EAL levels? by tjansen · 2004-01-21 03:09 · Score: 4, Insightful

Actually it is even funnier: you can not update/patch your installation without losing the certification. So if an exploit becomes known for your OS you have the choice between either running an uncertified OS or running an OS with known exploits until the patch has been certified (which can take many months).

So in reality certified OSes are less secure than an up-to-date system. But whatever, it's certified.