Re: Common criteria evaluation?

On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 01:34:40PM -0500, Greg Smith wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007, Sam Mason wrote:
> >Just out of interest, what does EAL level 1 actually test/check for?
>
> There's a good summary of this whole process on the relevant Wikipedia
> pages:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaluation_Assurance_Level
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Criteria

I had a look though those, but they seemed pretty vague about what was
actually being checked/verified.

> Actually digging into the details will put you to sleep fast, the specs
> are available at
> http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink/fetch/2000/2489/Ittf_Home/PubliclyAvailableStandards.htm
>
> To figure out how to map the EAL levels into what's acually tested, you
> need to look at the table at the end of ISO/IEC 15408-3:2005. That serves
> as a sort of index of what you need to pay attention to in the other
> documentation.

And that's the other extreme. The introduction seems readable, lets see
how long I last!

Sam