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Date:      Tue, 5 Aug 2003 17:03:43 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        twig les <twigles@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: common criteria status?
Message-ID:  <20030806000343.GB65875@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030805165926.15295.qmail@web10108.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20030805165926.15295.qmail@web10108.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 09:59:26AM -0700, twig les wrote:
> Hey *, I was just on a conference call, so naturally I was
> reading slashdot and saw that Linux has managed to get certified
> under the common criteria.
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20030805/tc_nm/tech_ibm_linux_dc

Almost no details there...

> I know that trustedBSD is working towards that for our beloved
> FreeBSD and that many enhancements have found their way into the
> 5.x line, but does anyone know if the team has begun the
> certification effort or if not when (if) they will?  I know it's
> very expensive, one article said several hundred thousand
> dollars up to a few million.

I don't know of any plans to throw wads of money at the certification
process.  IMO, it would be better spent on developer time.

Kris

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