DDN Security Bulletin 90-07      DCA DDN Defense Communications System
9 Apr 90                Published by: DDN Security Coordination Center
                                     (SCC@NIC.DDN.MIL)  (800) 235-3155

                        DEFENSE  DATA  NETWORK
                          SECURITY  BULLETIN

The DDN  SECURITY BULLETIN  is distributed  by the  DDN SCC  (Security
Coordination Center) under  DCA contract as  a means of  communicating
information on network and host security exposures, fixes, &  concerns
to security & management personnel at DDN facilities.  Back issues may
be  obtained  via  FTP  (or  Kermit)  from  NIC.DDN.MIL  [192.67.67.20]
using login="anonymous" and password="guest".  The bulletin pathname is
SCC:DDN-SECURITY-yy-nn (where "yy" is the year the bulletin is issued
and "nn" is a bulletin number, e.g. SCC:DDN-SECURITY-90-01).
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            FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS
                        AVAILABLE ONLINE 


Five Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) publications
are available online at the Security Coordination Center (SCC).
These documents address various aspects of computer and network
security.  FIPS 500-166 is a guide regarding managing the threat
of computer viruses or intrustions.  Also available are the
executive, management, and user guides regarding methods to
protect information resources.

You can obtain these files on the NIC.DDN.MIL host [192.67.67.20] via
anonymous FTP or Kermit.  You can also get them via e-mail by sending
a message to SERVICE@NIC.DDN.MIL with the subject line reading 
SEND SCC:FIPS_500_###.TXT (replace the ### with the number of the file you
want and end with .PS instead of .TXT for the postscript version of
FIPS 500-166).  If you have questions about the procedures for
obtaining copies of these files, please call 1-800-235-3155 or send a
message to SCC@NIC.DDN.MIL.

Below are the file names as they are online and the descriptive titles
of the documents.  Use the file name, rather than the document title,
when requesting the file online.  All files are in the "SCC:" directory.


File Name                   Document Title

FIPS_500_166.TXT............COMPUTER VIRUSES AND RELATED THREATS: A
                            MANAGEMENT GUIDE (SEP-89)
FIPS_500_166.PS.............COMPUTER VIRUSES AND RELATED THREATS: A
                            MANAGEMENT GUIDE - POSTSCRIPT VERSION
FIPS_500_169.TXT............EXECUTIVE GUIDE TO THE PROTECTION OF
                            INFORMATION RESOURCES (OCT-89)
FIPS_500_170.TXT............MANAGEMENT GUIDE TO THE PROTECTION OF
                            INFORMATION RESOURCES (OCT-89)
FIPS_500_171.TXT............COMPUTER USER'S GUIDE TO THE PROTECTION OF
                            INFORMATION RESOURCES (OCT-89)