From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 03:35:36 +0800
To: Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
Subject: Re: [fwd][news] Netscape meets gov't security standard
In-Reply-To: <341990E0.66EE0BE3@netscape.com>
Message-ID: <199709121918.PAA01411@users.invweb.net>
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In <341990E0.66EE0BE3@netscape.com>, on 09/12/97 
   at 01:58 PM, Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com> said:

>William H. Geiger III wrote:
>> In <34196385.FB7F5278@netscape.com>, on 09/12/97
>>    at 08:45 AM, Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com> said:
>>
>>> For those of you interested, we are validated at level 2 when used on a
>>> C2 OS, level 1 otherwise.  You can find more info at
>>> http://home.netscape.com/assist/security/faqs/fips140-1.html
>> 
>> Exactly what C2 OS are we talking here?!? You are not backing M$
>> marketing claims of C2 for NT are you???

>Last I checked, NT was only C2 when networking was turned off.  Kind of
>hard to use our products that way.  In particular, we were certified on
>Solaris 2.4SE.

Hehe :)

I just was checking. Last time I bothered to look at NT ratings not only
did it have to be disconnected from the network but all removable media
devices had to be removed also. :)))

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