Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:38:07 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: 473219@googlemail.com Cc: trustedbsd-discuss@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Common Criteria certification? Message-ID: <20060826063327.N43127@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <e782d7390608250956v42d05ceew8f61b0e21ad653d@mail.gmail.com> References: <e782d7390608250956v42d05ceew8f61b0e21ad653d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, 473219@googlemail.com wrote: > Have any official evaluations been done (or planned) to test BSD operating > systems for Common Criteria[1,2] certification ? > > BSD could be a good match for my project, but the project must use an OS > with CC EAL certification. Sponsoring a full CC EAL evaluation would be too > expensive, but might be possible if there was previous work to start from. > (Perhaps there is a "chicken-and-egg" problem!) > > Thanks! > > [1] http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/ > [2] http://niap.bahialab.com/cc-scheme/index.cfm BSD-derived systems have been evaluated numerous times, but recently almost always in the context of products with a BSD foundation OS, rather than as a BSD OS being evaluated in its own right. Mac OS X "Panther" is the only really recent common criteria evaluated stand-alone BSD operating system that I am aware of; the other recent evaluations have all been things like FreeBSD-based firewalls and appliances, so evaluated to network appliance/device protection profiles rather than CAPP. That said, FreeBSD 6.2 should meet most (if not all) technical requirements for a CAPP evaluation, as it will contain the audit merge from 7-CURRENT, at least, if my network connectivity is good enough over the next two weeks! I'm currently traveling in India, and my connectivity varies quite a bit by where I'm visiting, so it may be delayed a bit. :-) Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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