On Wednesday, 07/12/2006 at 05:45 EST, Dennis Schaffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm getting ready to order z/VM v5.2 and have a question regarding the > order. I'm using shopZseries to place the order. > > In the "Previous VM Release" section, two options are "Common Criteria RSU > 1" and "z/VM V5 3390 System CCC DDR". I assume those are related to Common > Criteria security accreditation. We're not a government shop or such which > requires high security but we see our fair share of auditors who might be > interested in EAL3+ accreditation. Are these options a separe "secure" > flavor (product and maintenance) of v5.2. Would I order these options in > lieu of "z/VM V5 3390 System DDR"? Can anyone explain exactly what these > options are? > > Thanks in advance for your assistance.
z/VM 5.2 has not been evaluated for Common Criteria. The Common Criteria features of z/VM 5.2 will ship you the z/VM 5.1 base and the z/VM 5.1 RSU 1. RSU 1 is so that you can put your system in the "evaluated configuration" according to the requirements of the z/VM Secure Configuration Guide. I should say that z/VM 5.2 was designed to have all the same security characteristics as z/VM 5.1, but it simply has not been (and will not be) evaluated. Alan Altmark z/VM Development Common Criteria Guy IBM Endicott
