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From: rick@svedberg.bcm.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: gettydefs and the login prompt
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Date: Sun, 6-Dec-87 18:12:04 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  6 18:12:04 1987
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Summary: Secure Machines

In article <2346@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, lvc@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Lawrence V. Cipriani) writes:
> 
> Aren't you a bit nervous having a Los Alamos computer on a public
> network?  I certainly am.  Even ArpaNet for that matter isn't all
> that secure.

There is no reason to be nervous. The machines accessable to the net DO NOT have any secure (read
classified) data on them. As I understand the regulations, anytime classified data is being run on
a machine, NO network access is allowed and the memory and mass storage are scrubbed after the
tasks are finished. 

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