[Open-scap] Windows support in OpenSCAP and SCAP Workbench

[Martin Preisler]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shawn Wells" <shawn at redhat.com>
> Cc: scap-workbench at lists.fedorahosted.org, scap-security-guide at lists.fedorahosted.org, "open-scap-list"
> <open-scap-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 3:33:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [Open-scap] Windows support in OpenSCAP and SCAP Workbench
> 
> [snip] 
> >
> > Do you think oscap.exe with no evaluation support is useful?
> 
> Incredibly useful!
> 
> Many within the US Gov are using Windows desktops. This gives them a GUI
> tool to tailor their content and either SCP it back to their server or
> throw it into RHN Satellite. HUGE usability improvement!

Yeah but that is SCAP Workbench that does the tailoring. oscap.exe is
not used at all in the current Windows build of workbench.

I will still build it and include it in the future but the only valid
use cases I can think of are oscap info, datastream splitting and 
various validations.

> Also, having a "OpenSCAP for Windows v1" that only does content
> tailoring is still very worthwhile. This would allow customers to get
> the Windows build on their approved product list (which frequently takes
> forever!), ensuring that when v1.future or v2.0 comes out, the software
> is already a known entity.

Is there anything I can do to make workbench+openscap more likely to be
added into approved product lists? What are the common requirements?

-- 
Martin Preisler
Security Technologies | Red Hat, Inc.