RE: ISA get EAL4+ rating

  • From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 11:18:30 -0500

Good point. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Troy Radtke [mailto:TRadtke@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:12 AM
> To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA get EAL4+ rating
> 
> http://www.ISAserver.org
> 
> True, but have you ever read a EULA?  Basically it says that 
> a bunch of monkeys could have banged on the keyboard and 
> accidentally had it compile into a program and that they 
> aren't liable if it makes your computer start on fire.
> 
> The integrity of the bits is all an auditor cares about; 
> since there is no warranty as to what the software does, if 
> anything at all.  If it can prove that the software on the 
> disk that I have is what Microsoft says it should be, then 
> it's good enough. It's the software's fingerprint, nothing 
> more, nothing less.  Right now, I can't even be sure it's the 
> correct software that they are referencing.  If I don't know 
> that, then what it does is a moot point.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:57 AM
> To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA get EAL4+ rating
> 
> http://www.ISAserver.org
> 
> Good point.
> 
> Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
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>  
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thor (Hammer of God) [mailto:thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:47 AM
> > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> > Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA get EAL4+ rating
> > 
> > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > 
> > I'm not so sure... If the true concern is surviving an audit, a 
> > published file hash is worthless, really.  I can publish 
> the hash of 
> > any of my Hammer o' God tools, but unless you have the 
> source code and 
> > compile it yourself, you have no way of knowing what I'm 
> really doing 
> > in my code when you run it.
> > The presence (or absence) of a hash has nothing to do with the 
> > integrity of a tool's operation, purpose, or effect - it's only the 
> > integrity of the bits.
> > 
> > t
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:58 AM
> > Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA get EAL4+ rating
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > 
> > Good point.
> > 
> > Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
> > Site: www.isaserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/>
> > Blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/drisa/
> > Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 <http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7> 
> MVP -- ISA 
> > Firewalls
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > 
> > From: Troy Radtke [mailto:TRadtke@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 8:49 AM
> > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> > Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA get EAL4+ rating
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > 
> > 
> > That Integrity Check Tool is a joke.  Where's the published 
> known good 
> > file hash for me to verify that it has not been tampered 
> with before I 
> > downloaded it?  Sure as heck isn't on the web page that you can 
> > download it from.
> > 
> > Using an unverified tool to verify another piece of software would 
> > have any auditor laughing at you pretty dang quick....
> > Just like
> > a cashier at a store shouldn't be comparing the back of your credit 
> > card to your signature but to your state/government 
> (hopefully checked 
> > and) issued ID, since anyone can sign a credit card after it's been 
> > mailed out.....
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > 
> > 
> > From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:00 PM
> > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> > Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA get EAL4+ rating
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > 
> > I did ;-P
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
> > Site: www.isaserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/>
> > Blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/drisa/
> > Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 <http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7> 
> MVP -- ISA 
> > Firewalls
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > 
> > 
> > From: Greg Mulholland
> > [mailto:gmulholland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 9:57 PM
> > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> > Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA get EAL4+ rating
> > 
> > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > 
> > same to you :p
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > 
> > 
> > From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2005 12:54 PM
> > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> > Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA get EAL4+ rating
> > 
> > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > 
> > Blog.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
> > Site: www.isaserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/>
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> > Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7
> > <http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7>
> > MVP -- ISA Firewalls
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > 
> > 
> > From: Greg Mulholland
> > [mailto:gmulholland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 9:51 PM
> > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> > Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA get EAL4+ rating
> > 
> > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > 
> > got a link?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > 
> > 
> > From: Thomas W Shinder
> > [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2005 12:26 PM
> > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> > Subject: [isalist] ISA get EAL4+ rating
> > 
> > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > 
> > 'nuf said.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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