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How many of you have heard of the Common Criteria ? If you’ve ever done security work with government, you probably have. If not, then possibly not. Either way, read on and I’ll give you my own view, including some of the barnacles clinging to the hull of the general program.
You’ve probably already read Brian Krebs article A Time to Patch III: Apple, but if you haven’t, I encourage you to read it and read the various responses he received – the responses run the gamut of Linux advocates (“You do understand that Mac OS X is not a version of Linux, and is not
