Firewall certification

[kris.van.opstaele () be arthurandersen com]

The "Security Assurance Company" certifies -amongst others- firewall products
(see http://www.icsa.net ).
On their website, you can find their "Product Certification Criteria" (version
3.0, currently).  Did anybody check
out these criteria in detail, or their certification process as a whole ? I read
that about 30 % of the products
fail their test...

Furthermore, are there other similar initiatives (such as ITSEC, Common
Criteria) to certify popular firewall products ?

Thanks for your help !

Regards,

Kris Van Opstaele




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