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- DDN Security Bulletin 90-01 DCA DDN Defense Communications System
- 25 Jan 90 Published by: DDN Security Coordination Center
- (SCC@NIC.DDN.MIL) (800) 235-3155
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- DEFENSE DATA NETWORK
- SECURITY BULLETIN
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- The DDN SECURITY BULLETIN is distributed by the DDN SCC (Security
- Coordination Center) under DCA contract as a means of communicating
- information on network and host security exposures, fixes, & concerns
- to security & management personnel at DDN facilities. Back issues may
- be obtained via FTP (or Kermit) from NIC.DDN.MIL [26.0.0.73 or
- 10.0.0.51] using login="anonymous" and password="guest". The bulletin
- pathname is SCC:DDN-SECURITY-yy-nn (where "yy" is the year the bulletin
- is issued and "nn" is a bulletin number, e.g. SCC:DDN-SECURITY-90-01).
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- SECURITY VIOLATION REPORTING
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- a. Initial Notification. Any DDN user (person/department/agency)
- having knowledge of a suspected network security violation must
- contact the appropriate Defense Communications Agency OC/ACOC
- (Operations Center/Area Communications Operations Center) to report
- the violation. If possible, reporting should be via secure means.
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- Secure and commercial telephone numbers to DCA Operations Centers are:
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- WESTHEM/CONUS OC has KY3-2222; STU III (DSN) 312-746-1849;
- (COMM) 202-692-5726/2268 or 1-800-451-7413.
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- PACIFIC ACOC has STU III (DSN) 315-456-2777; (COMM) 808-656-2777.
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- EUROPEAN ACOC has KY3-6429; STU III (DSN) 314-430-5703;
- (COMM) 49-0711-680-5703.
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- The SCO or MC supervisor will request the following information:
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- (1) Identity of caller:
- -What is caller's name and phone number
- -Where is caller calling from (organization)
- -Where is caller calling from (city & state)
- -What is the caller's DDN network address
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- (2) Details about the incident:
- -When did the violation occur
- -What happened
- -How did the violation occur (if known)
- -What damage was done
- -What has the subscriber done about the violation
- -What networks are they connected to
- -What software is being used - Version
- -How many subscribers are known to be affected
- -How many subscribers are vulnerable (if known)
- -Who else has been notified - Names & phone
- numbers
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- (3) Anything else the caller wishes to report
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- Once a suspected violation is reported and the above
- information collected, the PACIFIC and EUROPEAN ACOCs will
- immediately relay this information back to the DCAOC
- (WESTHEM/CONUS) for action.
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- b. Follow-on Network Information via the Security Coordination
- Center. DCA, through direction provided by the DDN Network Security
- Officer (NSO), will provide rapid and reliable follow-on information
- on security exposures, fixes, and concerns via the SCC. Distribution
- of information is accomplished via DDN Security Bulletins. Network
- security and management personnel are encouraged to pay close
- attention to these bulletins as they may be of great assistance either
- in preventing network security problems or in solving existing
- problems. DDN Security Bulletins will be published on as "as needed"
- basis.
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- Note: this bulletin starts a new numbering scheme for DDN Security
- Bulletins. From now on, all bulletin numbers, including those of
- previously issued bulletins, will follow the form YY-NN, where YY is
- the year the bulletin is issued and NN is the number of the bulletin
- for that year. Thus, this is DDN Security Bulletin 90-01; it is
- online at NIC.DDN.MIL as SCC:DDN-SECURITY-90-01.
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