RE: Certificate of Networthiness for Cygwin 1.7.17 (UNCLASSIFIED)

["Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US)" <jason dot j dot pyeron dot ctr at mail dot mil>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Orourke, Robert B CIV (US)
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 5:25 PM
> 
> You may be able to help me. I have been assigned to apply for an Army
> Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) for Cygwin 1.7.17. You may be able
> to
> provide me with certain information I need for this application:

Cygwin is a collection of applications and a POSIX support dll.

> 
> .                               Is this product compatible with the
> Host
> Based Security System (HBSS)?

HBSS is a suite of antivirus, firewalls, etc. See http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda

> 
> .                               Can this application be configured and
> maintain desired usability when installed on the Army Golden Master
> substantiation of the USGCB Security Settings for trusted platforms?
> 
> .                               How does the data in patches and
> updates
> traverse the LandWarriorNet (LWN)? (The LWN is the Army's portion of
> the
> Global Information Grid (GIG). The GIG is the globally interconnected,
> end-to-end set of information capabilities, associated processes, and
> personnel for collecting, processing, storing, disseminating, and
> managing
> information on demand to Soldiers, policy-makers, and support
> personnel.)
> Include all clients and servers. Web services must include client/web
> server/database/database server.
> 
> .                               How many transactions are completed per
> day?
> 
> .                               What is the size of a typical network
> transaction in kilobytes?
> 
> .                               What is the required transaction
> response
> time?
> 
> .                               Is it FIPS 140 certified?
> 
> .                               Is this product Common Criteria (NIAP)
> certified?
> 
> .                               What ports, protocols, and services are
> used?
> 
> I would appreciate whatever help you could give me.

The above questions need to be reworked or refined to specific packages to be addressed. 

I am communicating with the OP offline from the list, once done I will post a summary of appropriate responses.

> 
> 
> 
> Robert B. O'Rourke
> 
> Operations Research Analyst
> 
> U.S Army TRADOC Analysis Center
> 
> (913) 684-9291
> 
> 
> 
> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: NONE
> 

Jason Pyeron
Architect
NetOps Division
Program Executive Office for Mission Assurance
Defense Information Systems Agency

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