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Date: 1998-09-29

US Army: Offline, ohne Kommentar


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Der Aufforderung des Pentagon, alle einschlägigen
US/Websites einer Sicherheitsüberprüfung zu unterziehen, hat
überraschende Konsequenzen gehabt. Die Website der US Army
www.army.mil wurde am Freitag komplett vom Netz genommen,
ein offizieller Grund dafür wurde nicht genannt.


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BOB BREWIN
SEPTEMBER 28, 199811:50 EDT. The Army slammed shut its door
to the wired world last week, closing down all its World
Wide Web sites in reaction to a new Pentagon Web security
policy.

Only the Army had such a drastic response to a Defense
Department memo issued last week that spelled out what
information DOD Web sites should and should not post. The
Air Force, the Navy and the Marine Corps still offer the
public access to popular and highly visible Web pages.

The Army's move is in reaction to Deputy Secretary of
Defense John Hamre's policy memo released Sept. 17, which
directed all military organizations that maintain Web sites
to review and then remove sensitive information that could
aid potential enemies of the United States. Hamre said some
Web sites in the past have provided "too much detail on DOD
capabilities, infrastructure and operational capabilities.''
Hamre said this new policy will help DOD to "strike a
balance between openness and sound security.''

The Army, according to an internal message furnished to FCW,
responded by directing all commanders to ensure that "all of
their publicly accessible Web sites are immediately
disconnected from the Internet.''

Lt. Gen. William Campbell, the Army's director of
information systems for command, control, communications and
computers, sent the message at 5 p.m. Friday. He added that
the shutdown could be accomplished by physically
disconnecting Web servers from the public network, moving
all Web site files from public to nonpublic servers or
instituting control mechanisms that prohibit public access.
...
The Web shutdown caught the public affairs staff at the
Department of the Army's headquarters in the Pentagon by
surprise. An Army spokesman was unable to offer any
explanation for the move or any indication of when the sites
would be operating again.

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