Try:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=open+source+certified+federal+use
Lots of interesting article as well as rants.
Doug
PS Yoav, sounds like you are getting in that mode already. Not till next month.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sessoms, Mack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: Cert. and accred. for gov't use.
Thanks for the reply. I had a feeling I was being FUD-ded.
Shapira, Yoav wrote:
Hi, That'd be 24/7/365 hopefully, although 265 would allow for a nice number of vacation days for everyone ;)
Yoav Shapira http://www.yoavshapira.com
-----Original Message----- From: Shapira, Yoav Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 11:37 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Cert. and accred. for gov't use.
Hi, I *think* what you're being told is BS. From a technical perspective there's no reason Tomcat and other Open-Source software can't be
C&A'ed.
The usual issue people raise is the CYA (Cover Your ...) topic; whom do we go to when it crashes?
The answer is numerous vendors, the choice is up to the client. There are huge (Big 4, HP, IBM, etc.) and smaller vendors who'll provide 24/7/265 disaster recovery and support services for Tomcat and other open-source servers.
If Tomcat can be used in an FDA-validated environment (usually a stricter set of requirements and procedures than general federal C&A) (http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/faq/fda-validation.html), I bet it
can
be done in a normal C&A environment as well. It'd be great to hear
from
people/companies who've actually done it.
Yoav Shapira http://www.yoavshapira.com
-----Original Message----- From: Sessoms, Mack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 11:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cert. and accred. for gov't use.
Does anyone know if there is any reason why Tomcat can't be certified for use by the federal gov't? Has anyone actually sent Tomcat through the federal C&A process? I'm being told it can't be because it is
open
source.
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