[SC-L] Genotypes and Phenotypes (Gunnar Peterson)

[SC-L Reader Dave Aronson]

Chris Wysopal <cwysopal at veracode.com> wrote:

> In certain cases like aircraft where the economic pain of failure
> is high you get DO-178B, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and
> Equipment Certification.  For that type of software you might see the
> purchase of highly reliable libraries that have also met that certification.

Good point!  That's like how my former employer (BAE Systems) relied
for sales on those who NEEDED a data guard (or whatever) to be on a
platform that passed high levels of common criteria evaluation.  If it
weren't for that, similar software would have run just fine under
Linux (even without SE) or even Windows.

-Dave

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