The "law of unintended consequences" done struck USGS. I keep performance data on a NASA router at the USGS Eros Data Center (EDC). Large satellite based science data products are transferred continuously between EDC and NASA centers as well as principal investigator's throughout the world. My MRTG graph is flat-lined between Thursday PM and Sunday AM. Joe Valdis.Kletni eks@vt.edu To: wb8foz@nrk.com Sent by: cc: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list) owner-nanog@m Subject: Re: USGS returns to the Internet erit.edu 12/10/2001 12:16 PM On Sun, 09 Dec 2001 21:54:31 EST, David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com> said:

Unnamed Administration sources reported that Patrick Greenwell said:

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page server" of the DOI had access to the Indian trust data. My speculation would be that it does if it's Internet connected...

I can see no reason why a server full of personal data would be.

Personally, given the amount and size of holes the court-appointed tiger team found, and the fact that *previous* security audits going back as far as 1989 (it appears) have found problems, I'd be surprised if they had gotten it *right* and segregated that server from the Internet. And of course, given the judge's wording, if the data server is on the Internet, then every DoI host that's on the Internet has access to it - and thus needs to have its plug pulled. Bet somebody's wishing that server had been on a private network with only several other dozen machines.... ;) -- Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech << Attachment Removed : C.DTF >>