Re: Windows Server 2003 earns Common Criteria rating

nist.org <google@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Windows Server 2003 earns Common Criteria rating of Evaluation
> Assurance Level 4 (EAL4), one of the highest rating possible for
> off-the-shelf software. Does this make it any more secure? What does
> this guarantee, if anything?

Windows 2003 is not too bad with off the shelf security, wether it's
earning such ratings or not.

Most of the security problems are starting with using Windows 2003 as
a platform for server software, because there are many security problems
with the server software people are installing onto it, and because of
Windows' concepts.

Yours,
VB.
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