Re: [Fed-Talk] Mac OS X Common Criteria
Re: [Fed-Talk] Mac OS X Common Criteria
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Mac OS X Common Criteria
- From: Joel Rennich <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:58:01 -0500
On Jul 2, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Nicholas Nam wrote:
Can you guys give your 2c? There's a lot of speculation and
assumption. Those of us dealing with especially strict
certification agents and approval authorities need a definite answer.
Shawn is taking a well-deserved vacation this week, so you'll have to
allow me, his manager, to field this one.
We publicly started this latest round of Common Criteria certification
when we were listed as "In Evaluation" on May 9th. However, there is
no concrete timeline as to when this will be done. Anyone familiar
with this process knows that it is much more laborious than even FIPS
140-2 validation. As such we have no way of stating what the actual
Common Criteria validated release will be.
We're hoping on certifying the OS that's shipping at the time of
certification, and yes I understand the circularity of that statement.
While I couldn't speculate as to whether it's 10.5. or a later version
that gets certified, I can say that you won't be seeing anything
earlier than 10.3.6 get certified.
We're hoping that we learned enough from the first time we did this
that we'll have a much better time of it, but it's too early to make
any predictions at this time.
I know that's not the definitive answer that you'd like to hear. When
we have something solid on the timeline and versions you can rest
assured that we'll be shouting it far and wide.
Joel
Consulting Engineering Manager
Apple Enterprise Sales
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