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

[twig les]

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 at 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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