[118296] in Cypherpunks
Re: NCSC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Fri Sep 24 20:17:12 1999
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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 13:13:04 -0700
To: Matt Elliott <melliott@ncsa.uiuc.edu>, cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
At 12:01 PM -0700 1999-09-23, Matt Elliott wrote:
>>Anyone unable to figure out that of the various "NCSC" hits returned the
>>relevant one is the National Computer Security Center is just damned dumb
>>to be on this list.
>>
>>Perhaps you are too.
>
>Perhaps, but I think I'll stick around for a while. Never did see a
>National Computer Security Center in the list returned from my Sherlock
>request.
It popped up immediately for me. For example:
The NSA National Computer Security Center Trusted Products Evaluation
Program also has some resources along these lines, including:
Rainbow Series Library
Evaluated Products List
NSA/NCSC Rainbow Series
NCSC-TG-001 [Tan Book]
A Guide to Understanding Audit in Trusted Systems [Version 2
6/01/88]
NCSC-TG-002 [Bright Blue Book]
Trusted Product Evaluation - A Guide for Vendors [Version 1
3/1/88]
NCSC-TG-003 [Orange Book]
A Guide to Understanding Discretionary Access Control in
Trusted Systems [Version 1, 9/30/87]
NCSC-TG-004 [Aqua Book]
Glossary of Computer Security Terms [Version 1, 10/21/88]
NCSC-TG-005 [Red Book]
Trusted Network Interpretation [Version 1 7/31/87]
NCSC-TG-006 [Orange Book]
A Guide to Understanding Configuration management in Trusted
Systems [Version 1, 3/28/88]
etc.
As I said, context is critical. What are you doing on the Cypherpunks list
if you can't either spot the contextual clues or use CP-related keywords to
winnow your search returns?
Not to mention that Bamford, Kahn, and articles by Levy and others have
covered the NSA and NCSC ad nauseum.
--Tim May
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