Accessibility compliance for OPNsense OS?

[Greg_E]

I just got throw a curve ball by purchasing, and luckily the company had gone through the compliance testing. This is a new initiative and law and it's going to be sweeping the USA next year. Kind of a heads up and as a question... Does OPNsense meet any accessibility standards? Here is a brief description of what is coming if you haven't already gone through a test:

https://www.suny.edu/meansbusiness/procurementpp/digital-resources/

https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat

It looks like there is already an EU standard set, and that might be enough to get through the US process, but you never know.

I bring this up because I'm going to need to renew my Business license next year, and this will be in full force by then.

[Patrick M. Hausen]

This applies to web content, not devices.

[BrandyWine]

This applies to web content, not devices.

Perhaps not just web content, but it is included. @Greg_E, OPNsense is software, not an OS. The OS its on now is freeBSD.

Compliance Context

SUNY's accessibility obligations for digital content include the following requirements and standards:

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Citing from https://www.suny.edu/meansbusiness/procurementpp/digital-resources/ there are four different rules/laws applied:

[...] requires all websites procured under state contract to conform [...]

[...] prohibits disability discrimination in places of public accommodation, including public facing websites [...]

[...] all web content and mobile applications must conform [...]

[...] all web content, mobile applications, and kiosks must conform [...]

Neither OPNsense nor FreeBSD is any of these.

[Greg_E]

Looks like the service I just paid for may not have been required to conform.

I have one tool that will probably never comply, and a website that needs a MAJOR rework. I'll have to look into the latest version of Wordpress and make someone in my department learn it and build it. That said, if we get rid of the tool, we can dump the website too. More work off my plate would be nice.