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- Security Bulletin 9520 DISA Defense Communications System
- May 12, 1995 Published by: DDN Security Coordination Center
- (SCC@NIC.DDN.MIL) 1-(800) 365-3642
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- DEFENSE DATA NETWORK
- SECURITY BULLETIN
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- The DDN SECURITY BULLETIN is distributed by the DDN SCC (Security
- Coordination Center) under DISA contract as a means of communicating
- information on network and host security exposures, fixes, and concerns
- to security and management personnel at DDN facilities. Back issues may
- be obtained via FTP (or Kermit) from NIC.DDN.MIL [192.112.36.5]
- using login="anonymous" and password="guest". The bulletin pathname is
- scc/ddn-security-yynn (where "yy" is the year the bulletin is issued
- and "nn" is a bulletin number, e.g. scc/ddn-security-9428).
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- Bulletin 95-17
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- Release date: 11 May, 1995, 8:30 AM EDT (GMT -4)
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- SUBJECT: Expiration of U.S. Army's McAfee Anti-virus license.
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- SUMMARY: A message was issued by the Department of the Army (DA),
- SAIS-C4C (Date Time Group 081431Z MAY 95, Subject: Removal of McAfee
- Anti-virus software S:31 May 1995) regarding the expiration of the
- U.S. Army's McAfee Antivirus license. As required by the license
- contract supported by DA DISC4 and the ISSC Fort Belvoir, all
- versions of McAfee Anti-virus software installed on Army owned PCs
- must be removed no later then 31 May 95.
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- BACKGROUND: The removal requirement applies to all DOS based
- computing devices running McAfee Associates anti-virus programs
- (Clean, Scan, Vshield). In addition, all floppy diskettes that have
- McAfee software residing on them must be re-formatted. Failure to
- comply with this directive may result in financial liability for
- users under U.S. contract and copyright laws.
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- The Army-wide McAfee Associates software contract expires on 31 May
- 95 and will not be extended beyond that date. Some Army commands,
- activities, and installations may have separate licensing agreements
- with McAfee which are not affected by the DISC4/ISSC contract
- termination. Terms of any of these independent agreements must be
- reported to SAIS-C4C no later than 31 May 95. DA POC for this
- matter is Gary Robison, DISC4, 703-696-8064,
- gary.a.robison@pentagon-1dms2.army.mil,
- AUTODIN: DA WASHINGTON DC//SAIS-C4C//
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- As an alternative, the IBM Anti-virus software (IBMAV) is available
- to provide protection from computer viruses for Army and the rest of
- DoD. IBMAV is licensed through 30 June 95 under a contract managed
- by DISA, and is available from the ASSIST BBS aand FTP servers (see
- ASSIST Information Resources paragraph below for connection
- information). The IBMAV software and documentation is located in the
- IBMAV File Area on the BBS, which is restricted to access by DoD
- personnel only. In order to verify a user as being a member of the
- DoD community, ASSIST must perform a call back to a DSN phone number
- provided by the individual requesting access to the IBMAV file area,
- or receive the access request in an e-mail message from a MILNET
- address. If neither of these options are available, other
- arrangements will be made. On the ASSIST FTP server, the IBMAV
- software and documentation files are available in the /pub/IBMAV
- directory.
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- The DoD wide license for IBMAV will be extended if the contract for
- the new anti-virus product has not been awarded by 30 June 95.
- Under the terms of the IBMAV contract currently in place, removal and
- discontinuance of the use of IBMAV after 30 June 95 is not required.
- Award of the new contract has been delayed pending resolution of
- vendor challenges to the initial award. ASSIST will issue a separate
- bulletin announcing the new contract when it is officially awarded,
- along with details about how to obtain the product. While removal
- of the IBMAV product after the contract expiration is not required,
- ASSIST strongly urges all DoD sites to upgrade to and maintain the
- current version of the new anti-virus product when it becomes
- available.
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- IMPACT: Continued use of the McAfee anti-virus product licensed under
- the DA contract specified above after 31 May 95 is in violation of U.S.
- contract and copyright laws.
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- RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS: Army sites that will be left without computer
- virus protection when the Army-wide McAfee Associates contract
- expires should obtain IBMAV as an interim solution until the new
- DoD-wide anti-virus contract is awarded.
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- ASSIST is an element of the Defense Information Systems Agency
- (DISA), Center for Information Systems Security (CISS), that
- provides service to the entire DoD community. Constituents
- of the DoD with questions about ASSIST or computer security
- security issues, can contact ASSIST using one of the methods
- listed below. Non-DoD organizations/institutions, contact
- the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST)
- (FIRST) representative. To obtain a list of FIRST member
- organizations and their constituencies send an email to
- docserver@first.org with an empty "subject" line and a message body
- containing the line "send first-contacts".
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- ASSIST Information Resources: To be included in the distribution
- list for the ASSIST bulletins, send your Milnet (Internet) e-mail
- address to assist-request@assist.mil. Back issues of ASSIST
- bulletins, and other security related information, are available
- from the ASSIST BBS at 703-756-7993/1154 DSN 289-7993/1154,
- and through anonymous FTP from assist.mil (IP address
- 199.211.123.11). Note: assist.mil will only accept anonymous FTP
- connections from Milnet addresses that are registered with the
- NIC or DNS. If your system is not registered, you must provide your
- MILNET IP address to ASSIST before access can be provided.
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- ASSIST Contact Information:
- PHONE: 800-357-4231 (or 703-756-7974 DSN 289), duty hours are 06:00
- to 22:30 EDT (GMT -4) Monday through Friday. During off duty hours,
- weekends and holidays, ASSIST can be reached via pager at 800-791-
- 4857. The page will be answered within 30 minutes, however if a
- quicker response is required, prefix the phone number with "999".
- ELECTRONIC MAIL: Send to assist@assist.mil.
- ASSIST BBS: Leave a message for the "sysop".
-
- Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or
- service by trade name, trademark manufacturer, or otherwise, does
- not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or
- favoring by ASSIST. The views and opinions of authors expressed
- herein shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement
- purposes.
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- * The point of contact for MILNET security-related incidents is the *
- * Security Coordination Center (SCC). *
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- * E-mail address: SCC@NIC.DDN.MIL *
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- * Telephone: 1-(800)-365-3642 *
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- * NIC Help Desk personnel are available from 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. EST, *
- * Monday through Friday except on federal holidays. *
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- PLEASE NOTE: Some users outside of the DOD computing communities may receive
- DDN Security bulletins. If you are not part of the DOD community, please
- contact your agency's incident response team to report incidents. Your
- agency's team will coordinate with DOD. The Forum of Incident Response and
- Security Teams (FIRST) is a world-wide organization. A list of FIRST member
- organizations and their constituencies can be obtained by sending email to
- docserver@first.org with an empty subject line and a message body containing
- the line: send first-contacts.
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- This document was prepared as an service to the DOD community. Neither the
- United States Government nor any of their employees, makes any warranty,
- expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for
- the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product, or
- process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately
- owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process,
- or service by trade name, trademark manufacturer, or otherwise, does not
- necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring
- by the United States Government. The opinions of the authors expressed herein
- do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government,
- and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.
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