Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!usc!polyslo!vlsi3b15!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: drears@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Dennis G. Rears (FSAC)) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: MILIVIRUS REPLY Message-ID: <0004.8910021119.AA27772@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 28 Sep 89 18:46:25 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion ListLines: 27 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu Jeffrey, you write: > a. In the combat service support branches, e.g.: Adjutant General > Finance Corps, etc., the only C.O.A. for dealing with system > malfunctions is to call the programmers in. Also Ordnance, Transportation, JAG, & Chaplain Corps. > b. On the combat support level, e.g.: branches like Air Defense > Artillery may operate with safeguards and procedures when dealing > with viruses. Considering that it is equipment that safeguards > our nation's defense, one would HOPE that it is resistant to > viruses. But, more than anything else, I have a feeling that > it's relegated to the knowledgable computer operators to resolve > problems with the systems. Air Defense is a combat arms branch. Signal, Military Police, Military Intelligence, and Chemical Corps are service. >If anyone knows more about the Army's Plan on Viruses, please post! I'd be >interested to learn about it. Overall DOD has done little or anything. They were one of the last to know about the worm incident. They care more about administrative security than real security issues. (My opinion only!) Dennis