Quoting Togan Muftuoglu
I was reading the SLES8_EAL2_SecurityGuide.pdf http://www.suse.de/de/security/eal2/SLES8_EAL2_SecurityGuide.pdf
On page 8 it stated to have the "/" partion as ext3. If I remember correctly SuSE had ReiserFS since 6.4 and and it has been the default choice of filesystem for quite a time.
So want I want to understand is what makes "ext3" as a better choice for the meeting of criteria and what are the reasons reiserfs fails.
I do not want to start a flame war but I want to understand the facts in making such a decision.
I have no direct knowledge, but I'm guessing it has something to do with cutting down the work required to get EAL certification. EXT3 has the advantage of being somewhat simpler than reiser, it's essentially just a journaling system tagged onto the venerable ext2. ext2 had probably been vetted before, so getting ext3 in was easier than getting reiser in. I would be surprised if there was any technical reason; I believe it was just a way to streamline the certification. (and I'm someone who only uses ext3, not reiser, out of sheer bloody-minded stubborness and an irrational fear that reiser is not entirely stable)