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A few weeks back JBoss Enterprise App. Platform 4.3 achieved Common Criteria Certification at Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 2+ – here’s the press release and here’s the evaluators updated page.
Common Criteria Evaluation is an internationally recognized standard that defines a  framework for computer systems users to specify security requirements; for vendors to implement them and [...]

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Security and Open Source

I’ve been meaning to find some time to respond to a recent report by Fortify that cast some pretty negative aspersions on the security of Open Source software. Their conclusions are fairly sweeping generalizations that could be applied to just about anything :
Government and commercial organisations… should use open source applications with great caution”
absolutely true [...]

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