Re: Certification (was RE: realpath(3) et al)

From: twig les (twigles_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/13/03

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    Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:13:26 -0700 (PDT)
To: Darren Reed <avalon@caligula.anu.edu.au>

    Just saw this from eWeek.

    "IBM, which paid roughly $500,000 for the testing, and SuSE
    (pronounced "SOOS-ah") were announcing the certification
    jointly. "

    The article is here:
    http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1212529,00.asp

    --- Darren Reed <avalon@caligula.anu.edu.au> wrote:
    > In some mail from twig les, sie said:
    > >
    > > 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?
    >
    > Yes, evaluation is massively expensive. Why ?
    >
    > Because you have to pay someone (at consultant rates) to do
    > the
    > evaluation. A single firewall product, in Australia, can
    > expect
    > a cost of between $200k and $400k, I'm told. Now put that in
    > perspective of size vs an entire operating system, including
    > larger project overheads, etc, and the number swells
    > dramatically.
    > Oh, those numbers are in Australian Dollars.
    >
    > Darren

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