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From: secureCoding2dave at davearonson.com (SC-L Reader Dave Aronson)
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:21:26 -0400

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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