Re: Navy hacked by Air Force?

[vin@shore.net (Vin McLellan)]

        This might be relevant. This is a page from the NCCOSC web site
<http://www.nosc.mil>

        The Naval Command, Control  & Ocean Surveillance Center (NCCOSC) is
the U.S. Navy's warfare center for command, control and communication
systems and ocean surveillance and the integration of those systems which
overarch multiplatforms. NCCOSC is based in San Diego, CA.

        NCCOSC Command Internet (NCI) is part of NCCOSC, of course -- and
NCCOsc is part of SpaWar (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command.)  Clear?

        Note that NCCOSC recently decided to beef up NCI's user
authentication.  See "Current Initiatives."

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[* ] NCI net - What it is

   * An enterprise network serving NCCOSC and other communities of interest
   * Modelled after the global Internet, logically part of the Internet
   * Communications nodes at each NCCOSC site, linked by T-1 lines
   * Nodes consist of...
        o Cisco router linking T-1 lines and local LANs
        o  Annex terminal server and modem bank for dialup, SLIP, and PPP
          access
        o Sun servers providing general Internet services (email, name
          service, ftp server, world wide web, multicast routing, etc.)
        o NeXT server supporting corporate office functions
   * Provides ubiquitous high-speed low-delay TCP/IP connectivity throughout
     the organization and to the Internet
   * Provides dialup access from home or TDY via 1-800 number, including
     SLIP and PPP support

[* ] [ ]  Network Topology

[* ] Recent activities and milestones

   * MIME adopted as corporate email standard, email systems upgraded
        o Many user agents upgraded to MIME compliance
        o Testing gateways for interoperability with non-compliant systems
        o Performing extensive interoperability tests
   * New sites connected
        o CINCLANTFLT, Norfolk, VA
        o The Pentagon
             + BRAC Office
             + OSS LAN
             + DASN/C3I
        o FTSCLANT (Portsmouth, VA) and NAVSEACENPAC (San Diego, CA)
        o Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA
        o USACOM site in Suffolk, VA
             + Joint Training, Analysis, and Simulation Center (JTASC)
             + NISE East Contingent at USACOM
        o NISE West Guam
        o NISE West Yokosuka Japan
   * Network accredited
        o Completed Security Test and Evaluation
        o Completed Risk Assessment
        o Published Contingency Plan and Configuration Management Plan
   * Network now under full configuration management
   * New Web server installed
        o "neelix", a Sun SparcServer 1000, installed outside firewall
        o "www.nosc.mil" now points at neelix
        o "Planet Earth" now served by neelix
        o Recent updates
             + 1 additional Sparc processor (completed 6/9/95)
             + 4 Gb more disk (completed 6/2/95)
             + another 64 Mbytes of memory (giving total of 96 Mbytes)
               (completed 6/2/95)
             + conversion to "Apache" http server (faster) (completed
               6/1/95)

[* ] Current Initiatives

   * Enhancing Infrastructure to provide ISDN dialup service
   * Implementing one-time-passwords using SecurID cards
   * Implementing Kerberos based authentication for additional security
   * Connecting additional sites
        o NISMC
        o USACOM at CINCLANT compound, Norfolk, VA
        o Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, HI
        o Federal Internet Exchange (FIX) East, College Park, MD
        o New NISE East Detachment at Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, VA
        o ONI at NMIC
   * Upgrading D.C. area connectivity to Metropolitan Fiber service at 10
     Mbps
   * Getting sites 100% connected (TCP/IP to every desktop)
   * Developing MIME to X.400 gateway for connectivity to DMS world

[* ] References

   * Dialup Quick Guide
   * Monthly Reports
   * June 28 Internet Security Briefing (postscript)

    Vin McLellan +The Privacy Guild+ <vin@shore.net>
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