HP OpenVMS Guide to System Security > Appendix C Running an OpenVMS System in a C2 EnvironmentIntroduction to C2 Systems
This section describes the requirements for a C2 system and explains the documentation that the OpenVMS product provides to support such a system. A C2 environment is one that meets the United States Defense Department's criteria for trusted computer systems and that contains only those hardware and software components of the trusted computing base (TCB) that were included in the government's evaluation of the OpenVMS operating system. The criteria for C2 systems are defined in the Department of Defense Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria, published by the Department of Defense Computer Security Center (DOD 5200.28-STD). They include the following:
The trusted facility manual is intended for the system administrator. The C2 trusted facility manual includes the following:
Part I “Security Overview”See “Security Overview” on page 25 and Part II “Security for the User”“Security for the User” on page 39 of this guide constitute the security features user's guide and should be made available to all users. |