On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Terry Lambert wrote:

> "Roman V. Mashak" wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 01:07:43PM -0400, Steve Kudlak wrote:
> > > project and mucking with the "low grade" in  my opinion C-2 security
> > > that Sun OSes had and finding bugs in things like FTP logging and
> > > the like. I now do other things so I don't worry about that. :) But it
> > > is an interesting issue. I wonder if we should move it to chat?
> > 
> > Could you please pick up some URLs with description of all security levels
> > (C-2 and so on) - how to get, who is going on it and so on.
> > Thanks in advance.
> 
> Here is the "Orange Book" (DoD TCSEC / DoD 5200.28-STD): 
> 
>       http://www.radium.ncsc.mil/tpep/library/rainbow/5200.28-STD.html
> 
> You "get it" by paying a certified testing laboratory a huge amount of
> money to test a particular hardware and software combination. 

Systems are no longer being evaluated to TCSEC.  The new world order is
based on a "Common Criteria" or language for expression protection
profiles (PPs) in terms of a feature set, and then an assurance level
(EAL-1 ... EAL-4 or higher).  The logical equvilents to TCSEC C2 and B1,
as mentioned in an earlier message I sent out, are the CAPP and LSPP
protection profiles at EAL-4.  In order to get your foot in the door, you
really need at least EAL-3 / CAPP.  There are lots of other protection
profiles provided by NSA, NIST, and other international organizations.

This is a logically seperate issue from the safety critical concern,
although in many real world situations, you'd want both aspects.

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
[EMAIL PROTECTED]      Network Associates Laboratories



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