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1. COE Platform V2

Product Information

Environment Specification

Answer the questions for each binary-compatible family. Alternatively, provide the answers in the Appendix at the end of this document or if lengthy provide a separate external html file to The Open Group that can be linked into the Appendix.

	Testing Environment	Binary-compatible Family	Portability Environment	Indicator of Compliance	Compliance Details
			None.	Select from this list Test Report from Test Suite	Test Suite: Test Report:
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Temporary Waivers

1.1 Type of Conformance

Question 1: What is the type of certification of this product?

Response

Options in this area are "Product Family certification" or "Specific Platform Certification". If you select Specific Platform Certification, then a higher level of assurance in the form of independent Witness Testing will have been performed for the specific platform.

Certification Type	Yes/No
Product Family Certification	Yes   No
Specific Platform Certification	Yes   No

Rationale

Two types of certification are defined within the COE Platform Certification Program Policy Document.

Reference

COE Platform Certification Policy.

1.2 Definition of COE Platform Hardware/Software/Documentation

Question 2: Define the configuration of the COE Platform needed to ensure repeatability of the certification process for this product.

Response

The response may include a reference to external documentation.

Rationale

There needs to be a detailed definition of the hardware and software configuration of the COE Platform, including any patches applied to the system software as well as the GSKS revision and patch level. This should also include a description of the documentation needed to install and operate the COE Platform. This definition needs to be rigorous so that it can be used as an engineering or procurement specification, and include part numbers where applicable. As part of this answer reference to the completed COE Validation Cell templates is required.

Reference

COE Platform Certification Policy.

1.3 Release Restrictions

Question 3: Are there any intellectual property rights (IPR) restrictions associated with the documentation or software included with the COE Platform?

Response

Please give a free form text description.

Rationale

The release restrictions need to be specified.

Reference

COE Platform V2 Product Standard.

Question 4: Are there any technical exportability issues associated with the documentation or software included with the COE Platform?

Response

Please give a free form text description (for example, if encryption source code is included)

Rationale

The release restrictions need to be specified.

Reference

COE Platform V2 Product Standard.

Question 5: Are there any specific release restrictions that would prevent the software being used for non-US military sales or being released to private industry.

Response

Please give a free form text description

Rationale

The release restrictions need to be specified.

Reference

COE Platform V2 Product Standard.

1.4 COE Compliance Level

Question 6: What is the Vendor-Assessed Compliance Level (1-8)?

Response

Please give the compliance level (1-8) below

Rationale

Vendors are required to assert their COE Compliance level as level 8.

Reference

COE Platform V2 Product Standard.

1.5 COE Security

Question 7: Please list all command-line modes and/or features provided with the system

Response

Please give a free form text description below or reference to external documentation

Rationale

All command-line modes and/or features shall be explicitly documented in the COE Platform Conformance Statement.

Reference

COE Security Product Standard.

Question 8: Please list all command-line modes and/or features that provide privileged interfaces

Response

Please give a free form text description below or reference to external documentation

Rationale

All command-line modes and/or features that provide privileged interfaces shall be explicitly documented in the COE Platform Conformance Statement.

Reference

COE Security Product Standard.

Question 9: Please list any publicly writeable directories and files included in or created by the system. Please include an associated reference to an approved Problem Report.

Response

Please give a free form text description below

Rationale

Vendors are required to document any publicly writeable files or directories.

Reference

COE Security Product Standard.

Question 10: Please describe the use of the COE Group ID (GID) within the system.

Response

Please give a free form text description below

Rationale

Vendors are required to document explicitly the use of the COE Group ID (GID).

Reference

COE Security Product Standard.

Question 11: Please state the value of the umask value on the system.

Response

Please give a free form text description below

Rationale

Vendors are required to document explicitly the umask value.

Reference

COE Security Product Standard.

Question 12: Please list all setuid root and setgid appropriate value shell scripts included in or created by the system. Please include an associated reference to an approved Problem Report.

Response

Please give a free form text description below

Rationale

Vendors are required to document any such shell scripts

Reference

COE Platform V2 Product Standard.

Question 13: Please provide a description of all background processes that execute on the system.

Response

Please give a free form text description below

Rationale

Documentation shall be provided for all background processes.

Reference

COE Security Product Standard.

Question 14: Please describe the memory and disk space requirements for the configured COE Platform.

Response

Please give a free form text description below which may include reference to external documentation

Rationale

The system shall document memory and disk space provided in the applications platform as configured for compliance.

Reference

COE Platform V2 Product Standard.

Question 15: Please document any duplication of functionality provided in COE-component segments. Please include an associated reference to an approved Problem Report.

Response

Please give a free form text description below which may include reference to external documentation

Rationale

The system shall explicitly document duplication of functionality provided by COE-component segments.

Reference

COE Platform V2 Product Standard.

Question 16: With which platform have the Interoperability Validation procedures been undertaken?

Response

Please give a free form text description below of the platform used for interoperability validation procedures.

Rationale

The Interoperability Validation procedures should be undertaken with a COE certified platform. For an interim period existing platforms certified under the former program are recognized for interoperability testing.

Reference

COE Platform Certification Policy.

Question 17: What make and model of printer was used for Print Services validation?

Response

Give details below. If different printers were used for the locally attached printer and the network printer include both.

Rationale

No specific make or model of printer is specified other than the ability for it to print ASCII text and postscript graphics.

Reference

COE Platform V2 Product Standard.

1.6 General Requirements

Question 18: Is the operating system configured to support SLIP and/or PPP?

Response

Answer, "SLIP" or "PPP" or "Both" or "None"

Rationale

One or the other is required.

Reference

COE Platform Standards V2 Product Standard.

Question 19: Can the operating system be configured to support NIS+?

Response

Yes   No If YES, please give a reference to system documentation where information on how to configure NIS+ is provided.

Rationale

The requirement is that the operating system be capable of supporting centralized management of key resources such as hostnames, user accounts, etc. NIS+ is not a specific requirement because not all vendors support it.

Reference

COE Platform Standards V2 Product Standard.

Question 20: What network services are provided for ports less than 1024?

Response

Provide a list of service names and numbers and how describe how these are configured or provide a reference to system documentation.

Rationale

The COE Platform implementation should only use well-known port assignments.

Reference

COE Platform Standards V2 Product Standard.

Question 21: What format of documentation is provided with the COE Platform?

Response

Provide a description of documentation format provided with the COE Platform implementation.

Rationale

The COE Platform implementation should include documentation in man page format, help files or HTML format pages.

Reference

COE Platform Standards V2 Product Standard.

Question 22: What is the WWW Browser software supplied with the COE Platform?

Response

Provide a description of the WWW Browser software, including product name, version information and a pointer to documentation describing the procedure to install if it is not loaded by default.

Rationale

The COE Platform implementation include a WWW browser capable of displaying HTML 3.2 format pages.

Reference

COE Platform Standards V2 Product Standard.

2. Appendix

This appendix contains additional, explanatory material that was provided by the vendor.

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