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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:21:32 -0400
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 15:16:48 -0700 To: farber () cis upenn edu From: Ari Ollikainen <Ari () olteco com> Subject: More on GOVNET GOVNET Aims to Protect Critical IT Functions From Attacks By Roy Mark http://dc.internet.com/news/article/0,1934,2101_900961,00.html At the request of the President George W. Bush's Cyberspace Security Advisor, the U.S. General Services Administration has released a Request for Information (RFI) to the U.S. telecommunications industry seeking information and suggestions for the development of a special telecommunications network. A key feature of this network, called GOVNET, is that it must be able to perform its functions with no risk of penetration or disruption from users on other networks, such as the Internet. GOVNET is planned to be a private voice and data network based on the Internet Protocol (IP), but with no connectivity with commercial or public networks. "Planning for this network has been going on for several months," said Richard Clarke, Special Advisor to the President for CyberspaceSecurity. "Since there is a very significant body of telecommunications engineering and acquisition expertise at the GSA Federal TechnologyService, I have asked GSA Administrator Steve Perry, for his support. We need the combination of skills GSA has to establish this network quickly." Clarke said that next steps for this effort would be based on the results of the input from industry."We are pleased to offer our support for this important endeavor, the safeguarding of critical government functions," said Perry. "Welook forward to working with industry to develop services for our customers that affords them the assurance of protection for their critical assets."A copy of the RFI can be found at http://www.fts.gsa.gov/govnet/govnet.doc. Responses to the RFI are due Nov. 21.October 10, 2001 _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ You can't depend on your judgement when your imagination is out of focus. -- Mark Twain. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ OLTECO Ari Ollikainen P.O. BOX 20088 Networking Architecture and Technology Stanford, CA Ari () OLTECO com 94309-0088 415.517.3519
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