Novell plans to announce Wednesday at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo that SuSE Linux, the version of the open-source operating system it acquired earlier this month, has passed a new level of security certification. . . .
Novell plans to announce Wednesday at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo that SuSE Linux, the version of the open-source operating system it acquired earlier this month, has passed a new level of security certification.

In August 2003, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) was certified to meet Evaluation Assurance Level 2 (EAL2) of an internationally adopted set of government security requirements called the Common Criteria. Novell Chief Executive Jack Messman is expected to announce Wednesday that the operating system has passed the more stringent EAL3 tests, a source familiar with the plan said.

The certification will apply to the SLES software running on all of IBM's server lines--its zSeries mainframes, xSeries Intel-based servers, iSeries mid-range servers, pSeries Unix servers and the eServer 325 that uses Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processors, the source said.

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