Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 21st Aug 2007 22:03 UTC, submitted by Rahul
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Except that RHEL 5 has EAL4+ for Labeled Security Protection Profile (LSPP), Controlled Access Protection Profile (CAPP), and Role-Based Access Control Protection Profile (RBAC). The documents you linked to show that Windows only has EAL4+ with CAPP. It does not have any of the other protection mechanisms which is what is really important. The only other consumer OS to meet that higher lever of certification is Trusted Solaris.
As far as Windows getting certified in September and RHEL 5 being certified in June, RHEL 5 wasn't released until March. XP Was released in 2001 and 2003 was released in 2002. 3 months vs 5 and 3 years is a big difference.