From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 14 9: 2:51 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AC2137B401 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:02:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from netpublishing.com (blackbox.netpublishing.com [209.237.225.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EEEB43FA3 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:02:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ggilliss@netpublishing.com) Received: from netpublishing.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by netpublishing.com (8.12.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id h2EH2msW040636 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:02:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ggilliss@netpublishing.com) Received: (from ggilliss@localhost) by netpublishing.com (8.12.6/8.12.2/Submit) id h2EH2mp0040635 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:02:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:02:48 -0800 From: "Gregory A. Gilliss" To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Linux and Oracle Going for Security Certification Message-ID: <20030314170248.GA40497@netpublishing.com> Reply-To: "Gregory A. Gilliss" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Spook: AES, Covert, Intiso, LASINT, r00t, satellite, C4I, Eagle Fury Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following press release: http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/index.html?1623351.html details how Oracle and Red Hat are attempting to have RH Linux certified for an EAL2 certification. A successful eval will allow RH (and Oracle, who are adopting the platform aggressively) to create a "standard" secure distro, which will almost certainly be adopted by the public and private sector. Too bad FreeBSD (which is and has always been better technically, IMHO) doesn't have this kind of marketing. I'd feel better about my chances of not having to learn (yuk) Linux if it was us instead of them being considered. Wonder why the FreeBSD project doesn't seem to have any publically visible evangelism? Shame. G -- -- "You can't separate peace from freedom because greg@gilliss.com -- no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom." ICQ 123710561 -- - Malcolm X (1925-1965) 1 510 559 1840 (v) -- http://www.gilliss.com/greg/ PGP Key fingerprint 2F 0B 70 AE 5F 8E 71 7A 2D 86 52 BA B7 83 D9 B4 14 0E 8C A3 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message