ML20050A642
| ML20050A642 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 05/31/1981 |
| From: | NRC |
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| ML20050A634 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-81-409 NUDOCS 8204010528 | |
| Download: ML20050A642 (2) | |
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- 2) Has written agreement with Parkle.wn Computer facility.
fio full ';.] operations-test,-conducted,-Some partial-(i.e.,---inferred-appl-ications-)-- g had been done, but nothing recently. y
- 3) Backups are geared to " normal" disasters such as head crashes, etc.
fla u g hton"si pos iti o n_is_.t ha t _sys t em.c a n no t_be _ e n t i r.e l y. d u pli ca t ed_ a nywhe re___ Q and that their current backup methods are sufficient for anything short M oLcatas_ttonhe, I t e nd _to _ a g r ee. _ bu t fl RC_ u s e r s _.s ho u l d_ p rov.i d e_fo r Q additional storing of our software and data, particularly data, in one g of our_ build.ings_. .M 4)_ System is 11VS/_JES2, f4alor__sub-systems are l{yLRUR,__lSD. They_are 4pj planning to make !!!S available to a selected number of users. 5ERE eniorcement of restrictions noted in users manual. Some by ~ 7if$ removing function from system. Some by " fuzzing" techniques. Soma by monit6r~1ng exceptions. Did not get into details of whIch restrictions M are enforced by what means. Immaterial. The point is that dhey do j s~ome enforcement, not-'Jiist paper do-not-does. ,$j S ' %,5j 5)-they currently have tvio 3850's and S~3800'C PlTTs~hiigb~ tape farm. Roughly 70-80 thousand tapes in lib. fiount about 8000 tapes a day. 3350-farm-is-being phased--in and-is-located-on second floor. N I counted about 8 people just mounting tapes.
- 6) All operations are in one aread (including tape lib) except for F
0/ p -d i s t ri bu t-i o n-e r car lia i n-o p s-i s-s e pa ra t ed -f ront-distri bu ti on-t y S' causeway.. Badges required behind pick-up' area and main ops, pickup. y area-being-remodeled-to-include cardkey ma-ilbox-system. s a. 7)_They-pump _about-15,000-(plus or minus a few-thou)-jobs-through-the system per day. Even an operator error of 1 in 1000, they should have 15-20 misplaced _o/p's_per day. 8)_hiv.c._a bou L 8000_ u s ers _ p ea La v era g e a cou nd_740-800.__maNimunt-p ea k around 1000. Ops is 7 day / week continuous except for shutdown "cne or_two_ days _per_, year.s " 4 'q .s 9)_19qaLf_ir_c_d e ptJ sJ n. s ame_ bu i.1 d ing abus _no a u to_exling ttishi ng _ ; :g-system in main ops. I agree. I would like to see all printers moved out of main ops, but current _o/AdiitEca_notArge_enough, Their i paper flow appeared to be clean operation, at least while we were there. ~ ~ ~ 9204010520 011204 s. PDR FOIA SHEARERO1-409 PDR t y, Q. y.. ;.g:.y3. ,g}.; i. g+q:lg.gh,.s,} { g4 g g g g g
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- 10) Uell thought out shop.
A top of the line multiple CPU, dial-up .~J network. xb; N llTSecurity-wise, tEir current op sliEUTd'~be suff~ifi'en~t for inost of -Dj f1RC use. Still, we should identify critical use and take appropriate r.e disaster recovery actions. Problem: ilRC is heavy-int ~o WYLBUR and~TSO. dk fiany shops have TSO, but WYLBUR shops are scarce. Only one i know of iB) iT OSITINC. In Rotkvillu-(Peinember thE old FEA~ case). Msi
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iTTTiitYusion7ttemptsrTife-systenrshould-be7ble-to withstand" novice" '9M-Q. level intrusion attempts. The system is not designed to withstand a professional-level--intruderrFurther,-the security-detection mechanisms are practically non-existant. To detect unauthorized use, an external -3 indicatorwould most probably oe required-{c.g ;-an--informant-). The-NIH h i ~ "3 system is not unusual in this respect. 'hfk M 30 me ch(k ff gg-2. + L; L* i ~
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