Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 08:02 -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>> Nicolas Williams wrote:
>>> And does the screen lock program really need to use gtk?
>> Yes, it does, in order to meet the accessibility requirements needed for
>> use by many government agencies, many businesses covered by laws such as
>> the ADA, and many end-users.
>
> My understanding is that trusted path requirements also come from
> requirements from a different part of the US federal government. Rather
> than trying to come up with our own interpretation of how these two
> possibly conflicting sets of regulations intersect perhaps we should
> attempt to push these two different parts of the government to talk to
> each other....
>
> (okay, maybe that is naively optimistic...)
Two of the members of the US government committee updating the Sec. 508
accessibility requirements work for Sun's Accessibility Program Office,
so if the security team sees conflicts with the Common Criteria
requirements, the first step would be to talk to them.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
