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[FYI] Online Security Is Pentagon's Latest Battle
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- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 21:58:48 +0100
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Online Security Is Pentagon's Latest Battle
By John Schwartz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 2, 1999; Page A2
The Department of Defense announced yesterday that
it was briefly pulling its computers off the
Internet to upgrade security by installing hardier
"firewall" protection between computer systems that
are accessible to the outside world and those that
should not be.
Noting the recent spate of hacker attacks on
government Web sites, Pentagon spokesman Kenneth
Bacon said the upgrade is part of a long-term
computer security effort: "This is much more
protective than reactive."
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