Re: DOD 5200.28-STD capable OS?

From: Barry Margolin (barmar@genuity.net)
Date: 02/06/03


From: Barry Margolin <barmar@genuity.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 22:44:50 GMT

In article <b1um2d$82p$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>,
Mike <michael.owen@hushmail.com> wrote:
>The SCOMP version of STOP (from the company formerly known as Wang Federal)
>is the only actual OS I've ever heard of to get that rating. Very few things
>ever got a TCSEC A1 certification. Most trusted OSs these days used in
>military applications are around B1-B3, but mostly B1. (Though once again,
>those Wang types still have their B3 STOP.)

And Multics was B2. At the time (mid-80's) it was the only commercial OS
to have that rating or higher (I think SCOMP was still more of a research
project than a commercial OS).

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