NT's C2 rating

[Mark Aldrich]

On Sat, 23 Mar 1996, Bill Frantz wrote:

> At  5:11 PM 3/22/96 -0600, Rick Smith wrote:
> >The big deal is that few vendors have tried to get NCSC evaluations.
> 
> We walked KeyKOS a long way down the path to a B2 rating.  Our investors
> refused to fund the estimated $1 million it would cost to do all the
> paperwork.  They felt there was no market for NCSC secure systems.  Perhaps
> others felt the same way.

Hopefully, with the Common Criteria replacing the Orange Book (pray, this 
year), you'll now be able to evaluate against a profile for a lot less 
money.  And, believe it or not, customers will actually get security 
products they need instead of another instance of the Bell-LaPadula model 
crafted to military specs.

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