Technicolor Rainbow
Technicolor Rainbow describes a collection of documents for the individual security standards of the United States Department of Defense . The individual security standards are designated with colors, for example there is the Orange Book , which serves as a standard for assessing and certifying the security of computer systems.
Types of standards
NSA / NCSC Rainbow Series
Official National Security Agency / National Care Standards Commission color books
- NCSC-TG-001 Tan Book
- NCSC-TG-002 Bright Blue Book
- NCSC-TG-003 Orange Book
- NCSC-TG-004 Aqua Book
- NCSC-TG-005 Red Book
- NCSC-TG-006 Orange Book
- NCSC-TG-007 Burgundy Book
- NCSC-TG-008 Lavender Book
- NCSC-TG-009 Venice Blue Book
- NCSC-TG-010 [NOT USED]
- NCSC-TG-011 Red Book
- NCSC-TG-013 Pink Book
- NCSC-TG-014 Purple Book
- NCSC-TG-015 Brown Book
- NCSC-TG-016 Yellow-Green Book
- NCSC-TG-017 Light Blue Book
- NCSC-TG-018 Light Blue Book
- NCSC-TG-019 Blue Book
- NCSC-TG-020A Gray / Silver Book
- NCSC-TG-021 Lavender / Purple Book
- NCSC-TG-022 Yellow Book
- NCSC-TG-023 [NOT USED]
- NCSC-TG-024 [NOT USED]
- NCSC-TG-025 Forrest Green Book
- NCSC-TG-026 Hot Peach Book
- NCSC-TG-027 Turquoise Book
- NCSC-TG-028 Violet Book
- NCSC-TG-029 Blue Book
- NCSC-TG-030 Light Pink Book
Defense Department Rainbow Series
Official Department of Defense Color Books
- CSC-STD-005-85
- CSC-STD-001-83 Orange Book
- CSC-STD-002-85 Green Book
- CSC-STD-003-85 Light Yellow Book
- CSC-STD-004-85 Yellow Book II
Connections to the hacker scene
The security standards are of great help to all those who intend to examine a public security system for vulnerabilities, as Technicolor Rainbow describes all procedures of the security standards. Technicolor Rainbow received an additional boost in popularity through a small appearance in the film Hackers , where other books were listed that do not belong to the NSA / NCSC / DoD Technicolor Rainbow.
Other related books
These books come from the film Hackers and are incorrectly included in Technicolor Rainbow
- International Unix Environment
- Computer Security Criteria - standard work of the Department of Defense
- Pink Shirt Book - reference work for DOS programmers
- Devil Book - "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD UNIX Operating System"
- Dragon Book - "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools"
Closing word
Rainbow Books only describes the standards of compact discs and has nothing to do with Technicolor Rainbow. It can be said that the Technicolor Rainbow is a guide to computer security, at least for the American authorities. This reading makes the work of hackers easier, as they do not have to rely on finding weak points in the system, since the functionality is already documented and hackers only have to look for suitable places in the system by hooking up to them .