Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:28:22 -0700 (PDT) From: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com> To: security@freebsd.org Subject: Certification (was RE: realpath(3) et al) Message-ID: <20030812202822.28566.qmail@web10108.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c3610e$05e7f570$9f8d2ed5@internal>
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I actually just asked about FreeBSD's status regarding Common Criteria last week on -questions but no one knew; one guy answered that it would be wasteful. Is this the cert on everyone's mind? It would be nice to have this cert for the 5.x line but I understand that it is massively expensive and the resources may be better spent on development. Has the team discussed this? --- "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 01:41:13PM +0200, Devon H. O'Dell > wrote: > > > However, it is also one that > > > will boost the image of FreeBSD as well as make it more > accepted by > > > third-party auditors (who I'd also like to see audit > FreeBSD). > > > > Who are these `third-party auditors'? > > There are a few who do security-related audits. I'll see if I > can get a list > made up. > > > > Additionally (and somewhat unrelated), Linux was recently > audited and > > given > > > the status "very secure". > > > > REALLY? Wow, ``very secure''!! I'm switching!! > (Tongue-in-cheek) > > > > I think we'd need deep pockets for just about ANY kind of > useful > > certification, security-related or not. > > We probably would. This is why I'm suggesting that it become > something we > stick on the front page of freebsd.org/freebsdfoundation.org. > Since FreeBSD > is a not-for-profit organization (as Chris Odell pointed out) > I think it'd > actually be attractive for people (and corporations using > FreeBSD) to donate > as it would be tax-deductible. It just needs to be made > well-known that this > is a goal of the Foundation, and I think people will be > willing to donate to > it. We've already had $300 of pledges today :) > > --Devon > > > Cheers, > > -- > > Jacques Vidrine . NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX > . Heimdal > > nectar@celabo.org . jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@freebsd.org > . > > nectar@kth.se > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security- > > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ===== ----------------------------------------------------------- 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
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