Hi Robert,
I know that the cost stopped most organisations using Trusted Solaris. This was
one of the points I ws making. People (Most) are not willing to pay for
verified code. One oragisatioin I was involved with in the past spent a 7
figure sum on software for a single server yet did not wish to spring for
trusted solaris untill they had an issue and etc etc.
There are organisations that will pay that amount. Not many I agree and this is
one of the issues. To get back to the original arguement, it is a risk
decision. The point I have been getting to is that software ease of use is not
the issue. People do not understand the need or the risk. This also comes back
to how we as professionals become responsible.
By peddling simplistic vulnerability tests rathers than proper reviews (and do
not try to tell me costs is an issue here as the majority of "worthwile" Pen
tests are now becoming more expensive than a review) and not speaking out on
the need to assess risk correctly we fail in our responsibilities.
Regards
Craig
PS the extensions are good but do not replace Trusted Solaris ;)
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Craig,
Did you read the part of the article that discusses Trusted Extensions?
For those who need TSOL's capabilities, they can purchase the Extensions
to give them MAC, MLS, and all of the other TSOL features on top of an
existing Solaris 10 installation.
Also consider the pricing of TSOL, for a single CPU machine, a license
for Certified Trusted Solaris 8 is $2,495.00. On an 8 CPU E4500 it would
cost over $40,000.00, only people who really require that level of
security are willing to pay that much to get it.
Trust is a part of security, but not the only part.
Robert Escue
System Administrator
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