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Holger,

For some reason, this email (sent last Friday) did not make it to the
list.  Looks like Peter and Mico have also responded to your questions,
so hopefully your questions have been answered.

Cheers,
John


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Subject: Re: [cgl_discussion] A concept/framework not a distribution ?
From: John Cherry <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 08:20 +0100, [email protected] wrote:
> Hello,
> Let me first introduce myself:
> I am Manager for Information Security and Data Protection/Privacy at a Telco
> in Germany.
> 
> An outfitter of some of our new VoIP Equipment answered to my question about
> system-Security and hardening,
> that i must not be worried about it why they are using Carrier-Grade-Linux
> and it is high-secure by design.
> I search along the internet and googled a little about CGL and came to the
> conclusion,
> that CGL is not a distribution but a framework or better a sum of
> requirements a distribution have to meet to be a Carrier-Grade-Linux.
> And so the security part have to be done from the "distribution"
> Can some untangle that for me ?

You are absolutely correct, Holger.  CGL is not a distribution, it is a
set of specifications that distributions use to insure that carrier
grade distributions are indeed secure, available, serviceable, and
maintainable.  You can see the latest specification on the Linux
Foundation Carrier Grade Linux page:

http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Carrier_Grade_Linux

For the 3.x specifications, you can see those distributions that have
registered against the specifications at:

http://old.linux-foundation.org/lab_activities/carrier_grade_linux/registration.html/document_view

The term "registration" means that these distribution have disclosed how
they either meet or don't meet the requirements in the specifications.
For 4.0, it will be a little stricter.  Distros will be required to meet
all the "manditory" requirements.

Perhaps someone on the core team could respond with the plan for 4.0
registration.

John

> 
> With kind regards
> Holger
> 
> 
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