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From: Frederick M Avolio (fred_at_avolio.com)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 15:04:21 CST

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    Sorry, Randy. To be sure. I was responding directly in context.

    Andy asked
    >Outside Government and Military circles where I can see Common Criteria
    >Certification being extremely useful, how valuable is it, ie within the
    >financial sector etc ?

    I don't think it is valuable at all. I don't see how it possibly could be
    for government, either. But, to the poor vendor who now has to comply with
    it... yes, it is essential.

    Perhaps it stimulates the economy. :-)

    Fred

      At 03:22 PM 1/7/2003 -0500, Randy Taylor wrote:
    >>Is Common Criteria useful? I don't see how it is.
    >>
    >>Fred
    >
    >If you sell IT security products into the U.S Government, like IDS, firewalls,
    >or crypto, or a U.S Government purchaser of same, the usefulness of
    >Common Criteria isn't a debatable topic anymore.
    >
    >Best regards,
    >
    >Randy