gaijin6423
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Well, inside the dark, black pit of every cynic's heart are the crushed hopes and dreams of an idealist. Maybe it was a last, desperate cry? I'll have to work on that.
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No thumbdrive?!? How do I get any work done?
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Well, inside the dark, black pit of every cynic's heart are the crushed hopes and dreams of an idealist. Maybe it was a last, desperate cry? I'll have to work on that.
You guys might want to try pencil and paper.
What kind of bottle?
This is not stupid, it is actually quite serious. I have no idea what NNWC policy you are talking about but Gator is on the right track about it affecting several systems. And while you all primarily deal with NMCI, this is DoD-wide and is affecting everyone, so for once something IT is not NMCI's fault.
And while the policy might seem 'heavy-handed' and simplistic, it is the first and easiest step to start fixing the problem. It is a pain but you all should understand it is necessary, the fact that it is DoD-wide should give you a hint that this is a big problem and should not taken lightly.
There might be some confusion because there was larger guidance from DoD and subordinate commands sometimes expanded the prohibition. Following the guidance that is applicable to you and you can't go wrong, officially. It is interesting that there is differing guidance, I am prohibited from using anything removable.
You know, back in my HSL (LAMPS MK I) days . . . . . all the work was done on legal pads, the Ops yeoman typed the flight schedule on a typewriter and reproduction was conducted using this big, rotating drum thingy. Anywho, it created a LOT more time to go watch the topless dancers at the 76'er club at NASNI. Maybe the ban on flash drives isn't so bad afterall !!!
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Not that I've done it but I know that personal flash drives are used interchangeably between NIPR/SIPR.
Considering the amount of SECRET level stuff on SIPR share drives, and how easy it is to just plug a large flash drive in and suck out classified documents, I always wondered why we allowed it.
Considering the amount of SECRET level stuff on SIPR share drives, and how easy it is to just plug a large flash drive in and suck out classified documents, I always wondered why we allowed it.
That's not supposed to be allowed. Once the flash drive was introduced into the SIPR side of the net, it should from then on always be considered a secret level device and treated such.
Authorized or not (and I doubt the authorized part...), this was exactly the source of the problem in question - "crossing the streams" between multiple networks. The new policy is probably more draconian than necessary, but in the near term will nip the problem in the bud. If you have legitimate adverse mission impacts, there is a waiver process underway to help deal with it - higher echelons need to know about your situation, though. And it's not along the lines of "but it sucks that I now have to..."; they're looking for legitimate "I was relying on these things operationally..."
phrogpilot73
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I seem to remember a message came out about disabling USB ports on SIPR machines a while back (maybe '04/'05-ish). You see how well that worked out.
I meant on a hardware/command level.
With all the intrusive leadership the Navy expects to prevent sailors from getting DUIs to stubbing big toes, it seemed pretty wild that they didn't just remove all USB ports from computers in the first place.
We have plenty of safety regulations that make maintenance very inconvenient, but protection of SECRET level material was based solely on good faith.