From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 5 17:26:15 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FAEC37B401 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 17:26:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web10106.mail.yahoo.com (web10106.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.130.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B8EBA43F85 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 17:26:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from twigles@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030806002614.29821.qmail@web10106.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.5.49.41] by web10106.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 17:26:14 PDT Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 17:26:14 -0700 (PDT) From: twig les To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20030806000343.GB65875@rot13.obsecurity.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: common criteria status? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 00:26:15 -0000 Yeah you're probably right about money going to developer time rather than certification, but being certified under the common criteria can only help the project. It doesn't seem very likely though. --- Kris Kennaway wrote: > 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 > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature ===== ----------------------------------------------------------- Emo is what happens when the glee club goes punk. ----------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com