Mere om RedHat og COE

[donald_j_axel <sslug@sslug>]

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Er der nogen, som kan uddybe forholdet mellem RedHat og US-Defense?

Som citeret tidligere, Linux RedHat Advanced Server har fået en US-Defense
godkendelse. Den utrættelige journalist prøvede at finde ud af, hvad det
var for en certificering. Det er ikke nemt. Der kan ikke findes dokumentation
for nyheden på niap.nist.gov eller andre US-government web sites (endnu?)

Det er en kendt sag, at Linux allerede i lang tid har været anvendt af NASA
og andre Government institutioner, men COE, som er en gammel test, kan
alligevel gøre en forskel for "end-user" applikationer og kan modvirke
derogativ markedsføring (mudderkastning) fra andre leverandører (ingen nævnt).


http://www.crmdaily.com/perl/story/20742.html

The Test

The COE, established in 1993, is the Department of Defense's software security and interoperability certification. Widely recognized across the many agencies of the U.S. government, it is considered one of the most difficult credentials to obtain.

Administered by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the certification process tests applications for "look and feel as well as functionality," the ability to execute government custom code, and security and interoperability features.

Several versions of commonly used operating systems already have achieved COE certification, including Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Latest News about Microsoft Windows NT, IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Latest News about IBM AIX, Sun's Solaris 8 and Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) Latest News about Hewlett-Packard HP-UX. 

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Det er i dette selskab, at RedHat nu er kommet med, dog kun kørende på
en IBM server (jeg er lidt i tvivl om, hvad det nu er for en).

Red Hat's Advanced Server achieved certification running on an 
Intel-based IBM eServer xSeries 330.


/Donald
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