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

From: Devon H. O'Dell (dodell_at_sitetronics.com)
Date: 08/13/03

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    To: "'twig les'" <twigles@yahoo.com>, "'Darren Reed'" <avalon@caligula.anu.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 00:16:00 +0200

    Well this takes about $1,000,000 off our previous figure.

    --Devon

    > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
    > Van: owner-freebsd-security@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
    > security@freebsd.org] Namens twig les
    > Verzonden: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 12:13 AM
    > Aan: Darren Reed
    > CC: security@freebsd.org
    > Onderwerp: Re: Certification (was RE: realpath(3) et al)
    >
    > 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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