Re: Can ISO15408 evaluated products be trusted?

[Nora Barrera <nora15408 () yahoo com>]

--- Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

> Ask the vendor for a copy of the evaluation report. 

But those reports do not contain any valuable
information for me. What kind of tests were done? How?
It looks like security by obscurity.

> Note that the EAL and PP interact - a CAPP
> (Controlled Access) evaluated at EAL4
> may actually provide less *real* protection than an
> LSPP (Labeled System) evaluated
> to EAL3 - the EAL4 just means they've done more work
> to prove the *provided* security works as
advertised.

What's the use of security functions if they can be
circumvented?



                
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