At 23:19 +0300 on 17/07/1999, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote:
>Maybe there aren't one? As I heard, most army systems are not connected to
>Internet, and have no official means to do it (i.e., you can sneak some
>modem inside, but hide it well) and, knowing the measure of the
>professionalism and security awareness in the masses, I'd say that's
>*very* good. So some "yehida" somewhere in the army may just not have
>official email box. And it's good - title "IDF hit by Melissa virus -
>personel databases destroyed" in Yedioth Achronoth would make me to feel a
>bit _uncomfortable_.
Last time I heard, a unit that wanted an Internet computer had to do
a very simple thing: Set up a virgin computer, which is not connected
to any local military network or any network for that matter, lock
its diskette drive, and connect it to the Internet. Connect a printer
directly to it, and don't move files back and forth from it to the
internal network.
Taking material back and forth from home to one's unit is *bound* to
end up with carrying limited material outside your base... You don't
run military things from home. In case there is a breach of security,
the computer should be in reach for the investigation committee. The
field security people should have the ability to run a surprise check
to see that it is safe and secure. That is, if you are concerned with
security and not with the "easy" way of doing things.
Personally, a malshab who sends information about himself w.r.t his
future military career to a hotmail address belonging to an
unauthenticated person is the exact malshab I would not draft to my
unit if I cared two bits about field security...
Herouth
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