On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Check out the National Institute of Standards and Technology site at
> > http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/ctg/posix_form.htm for a POSIX test suite
> > and pointers to certification procedures.
> >
> > NIST is the authoritative source for US Government IS standards.
>
> I know about that - which POSIX standards do the US government want compliance
> to was the question "POSIX compliance" is about as meaningful as
> "ANSI compliance".
>From the aforementioned web site:
<quote>
The NIST-PCTS:151-2 is a POSIX conformance test suite (PCTS) written by
the National Institute of Standards and Technology. It tests system
implementations for conformance to FIPS 151-2. FIPS 151-2 is based on the
ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)--
Part 1:System Application Program Interface (API) [C Language] and the
additional requirements as restated in Appendix A of the NIST-PCTS:151-2
Installation and Testing Guide. The assertions tested by this PCTS are
only those of the IEEE Std 2003.1-1992 Test Methods for Measuring
Conformance to POSIX.1 that relate to FIPS 151-2.
<unquote>
FIPS is the US Government requirements document for information processing
systems. More information on FIPS and links to online documentation are
available at http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/geninfo.htm. I must defer
to the NIST Comformance Testing Group for further questions regarding
mandatory FIPS requirements for procurements.
I wouldn't be surprised if Linux already met the requirements. If so, it
should state such in the README ("complies with US Government FIPS
151-2").
In fact, using NIST's web search engine with keyword "Linux" turned up
several Linux-based projects there. Perhaps a Linux user at NIST has
already done some compliance testing. At the very least, you could find
an on-site advocate.
Geof Goodrum
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