Re: The Register: OpenVMS among most-secure of operating systems

From: Bob Koehler (koehler_at_eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org)
Date: 01/28/04 

Date: 28 Jan 2004 07:46:35 -0600

In article <bv5j9c$lhs$1@new-usenet.uk.sun.com>, Andrew Harrison SUNUK Consultancy <Andrew_No.Harrison_No@nospamn.sun.com> writes:
>
> Amusing, you claim to be someone who knows about computer
> security but you had never heard of the only internationally
> agreed standard for certifying systems and network components
> from a security standpoint its also a standard that is
> required for most UK/US/EU government systems.

   Knowing about computer security includes knowing what meaningless
   standards to ignore.

   And no, _I_ did not claim to have "never heard of" EAL. That was
   someone else. I just had ignored it until I found it had some use
   in exposing your hype.
   

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