Reposted From 3/23/06: Dod Removes Missile Defense System Report From Web, But You Can Still Obtain it & More Here!

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REPOSTED FROM 3/23/06: DOD REMOVES MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM REPORT FROM WEB, BUT YOU CAN STILL OBTAIN IT & MORE HERE!
BUSH MUST GO Offer Upgrade User ID: 67500 United States 03/27/2006 01:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	REPOSTED FROM 3/23/06: DOD REMOVES MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM REPORT FROM WEB, BUT YOU CAN STILL OBTAIN IT & MORE HERE! freegovinfo.info/node/437 [link to freegovinfo.info] DOD REMOVES MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM REPORT FROM WEB SITE The Department of Defense withdrew from its web site a DoD inspector general report that was critical of information security in the Missile Defense Agency's ground-based missile defense system. Bob Brewin at Federal Computer Week [link to www.fcw.com] (Article & Links) reported on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 on the removal of the document and posted the missing document on its own web site. You can also get the document right here at FGI (see the link below)! The document is: Title: Information Technology Management Select Controls for the Information Security of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Communications Network (D-2006-053) Author: Department of Defense Office of Inspector General Date: February 24, 2006 [Thanks to Secrecy News [link to www.fas.org] for the tip!] MDADODIGReport.pdf 1.29 MB freegovinfo.info/files/MDADODIGReport.pdf [link to freegovinfo.info] ADDENDUM: Secrecy News PDF now available in unencrypted format that can be freely copied and printed.: www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/dsb/skills.pdf [link to www.fas.org] COMPLETE Federal Computer Week article by Bob Brewin: www.fcw.com/article92668-03-20-06-Web [link to www.fcw.com] Thursday, March 23, 2006 DOD removes missile defense system report from Web site BY Bob Brewin Published on Mar. 20, 2006 The Defense Department has removed from the DOD inspector general’s Web site a critical report that states that the network that links radar systems, missile sites and command centers for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) ground-based defense system has serious flaws in the security technologies, policies and procedures needed to protect the integrity, availability and confidentiality of information on the network. Federal Computer Week published a Web article [link to www.fcw.com] March 16 and a follow-up print article [link to www.fcw.com] today about the report, which states that MDA and Boeing, the prime contractor for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system and the GMD Communications Network (GCN) have allowed the use of group passwords on the unencrypted portion of the GCN rather than requiring individual passwords. The report also faults MDA and Boeing for the lack of automated audit trails -- essential to catch inside or outside threats -- on the network. The report, “Select Controls for the Information Security of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Communications Network,” vanished from the DOD IG audit report this past weekend. A DOD spokesman said he was working on getting an explanation from the IG office on why the report was removed from the Web site, but he said he was not optimistic about getting back to FCW today. An MDA spokesman did not return calls from FCW asking for an explanation. MDA is holding its annual conference today in Washington, D.C., at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, named after the president who first advocated a missile defense system nicknamed “Star Wars” to counter perceived missile threats from the now-defunct Soviet Union. FCW saved a digital version [link to www.fcw.com] [PDF] of the DOD IGN report on the security flaws in the GCN system and posted the report on its Web site. RELATED LINKS "Missile defense network open to cyberattack" [Federal Computer Week, March 20, 2006] www.fcw.com/article92665-03-20-06-Print [link to www.fcw.com] "Security flaws could cripple missile defense network" [FCW.com, March 16, 2006] www.fcw.com/article92640-03-16-06-Web [link to www.fcw.com] "Information Technology Management" www.fcw.com/images/st_images/MDADODIGReport.pdf [link to www.fcw.com] “System Engineering Planning for the Ballistic Missile Defense System” www.dodig.mil/audit/reports/FY06/06-060.pdf [link to www.dodig.mil] "People shouldn't be afraid of their government, government should be afraid of their people." From the motion picture, 'V for Vendetta' 'Link, Copy, Paste, & Disseminate!'

Shadow Dancer User ID: 43368 United States 03/27/2006 06:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: REPOSTED FROM 3/23/06: DOD REMOVES MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM REPORT FROM WEB, BUT YOU CAN STILL OBTAIN IT & MORE HERE! thx for the links BMG yes, the air has shifted hasn't it All choices have consequences, choose wisely, CHOOSE WISELY.
Agent Fescado User ID: 26133 United States 03/27/2006 06:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: REPOSTED FROM 3/23/06: DOD REMOVES MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM REPORT FROM WEB, BUT YOU CAN STILL OBTAIN IT & MORE HERE! Those systems suck anyhow.... the laser has had an almost perfect record for success... --- www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/27/airborne_laser_test/ US to test missile-killing airborne laser Military powers up 747-mounted beast By Lester Haines Published Monday 27th March 2006 12:52 GMT New year, new job? Click here for thousands of tech vacancies. The US is pressing on with its highly ambitious Airborne Laser (ABL) project - a 747-mounted ballistic missile killer previously slated for possible termination due to the program's "inability to meet cost and schedule targets", as Space.com puts it. The joint Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin project - slated at $1.1bn, with $471.6m in the pot for 2006 - will now proceed towards a 2008 full-fat test on a missile target. The ABL is a three-laser set-up with two low-powered, solid state lasers dedicated to tracking the missile and testing for atmospheric distortion, and the main chemical laser weapon. The whole shooting match is housed in a computer-controlled turret aboard a Boeing 747 which is expected to fly a figure-of-eight pattern over any potential launch site. Once onboard infrared sensors detect a launch, the computer automatically positions the turret at the optimum position for a kill. That's the idea, anyway. This year the programme expects to wrap up ground-based "testing of the solid-state lasers for missile tracking and atmospheric-distortion correction" leading to flight tests before the end of 2006. Boeing vice president and ABL program director Greg Hyslop rather marvellously explained that during the latter "the lasers will be fired at a military NKC-135 aircraft with a picture of a ballistic missile painted on its fuselage". Quite how much of the budget is being committed to ballistic missile artists is not noted, but the project directors will be hoping the thing goes off with a bang. Despite the lifting of the threat of sudden death, the ABL must still meet certain "knowledge points" which allow the guys paying the bills to keep track of progress, the ABL's overall director, Air Force Colonel John Daniels, explained. The principal knowledge point will be, naturally, the 2008 missile-busting test, after which the ABL's fate will be decided. It is in direct competition with the Kinetic Energy Interceptor - a missile-based Northrop Grumman Corporation and Raytheon Company collaboration consisting of of a "mobile launcher, an interceptor and a command and control battle management and communication system that is housed in a transportable trailer". Over at DARPA, meanwhile, they're keeping quiet regarding progress on the High Energy Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS) programme, which - as we reported last year - promised to get a 150kW, fridge-sized weapon in the air by 2007. ® yar har fiddley dee plunder the market 'cause a pirate is free
worshipful master, 33rd degree User ID: 46397 United States 03/27/2006 10:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: REPOSTED FROM 3/23/06: DOD REMOVES MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM REPORT FROM WEB, BUT YOU CAN STILL OBTAIN IT & MORE HERE! is this saying there is a risk someone could fool say NORAD into thinking america was under a missile attack by hacking into this insecure system?

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