********************************************************************** DDN MGT Bulletin 27 DCA DDN Program Mgt Office 12 Feb 85 Published by: Network Info Center (NIC@SRI-NIC.ARPA) (415) 859-3695 DEFENSE DATA NETWORK MANAGEMENT BULLETIN The DDN MANAGEMENT BULLETIN is distributed by the Network Information Center under DCA contract as a means of communicating official policy, procedures and other information of concern to management personnel at DDN facilities. Back issues may be obtained by FTP from the directory at SRI-NIC [26.0.0.73 and 10.0.0.51] using the filename DDN-NEWS:DDN-MGT-BULLETIN-xx.TXT (where xx is the bulletin number.) ********************************************************************** NEW POLICY: ROLLOVER EXPIRATION OF INDIVIDUAL MILNET TAC ACCESS CARDS The Defense Data Network Program Management Office (DDN PMO) has authorized the Network Information Center (NIC) to do a periodic update of MILNET and ARPANET users currently registered in the NIC WHOIS/NICNAM Identification Database; to invalidate currently issued individual MILNET TAC ACCESS cards; to issue new individual MILNET TAC ACCESS cards with new access codes to re-registered, authorized MILNET TAC users. NOTE: This procedure applies only to MILNET TAC Access. ARPANET TAC Access is a separate procedure administered by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The NIC will begin the user registration update in February, 1985. This procedure will be repeated annually. The re-registration of users and reissuance of MILNET TAC ACCESS cards to authorized users will ensure that only currently authorized users have MILNET TAC access. RE-REGISTRATION OVERVIEW The Host Administrator of each host is responsible for registering all users of his or her host and who have network access, and who have been authorized for MILNET TAC Access via MILNET TACs. Those users must be registered in the WHOIS/NICNAM database. - With the cooperation and assistance of the Host Administrators, the NIC will update the information of currently registered users, delete users who no longer have accounts on either MILNET or ARPANET hosts and register new users. The NIC will issue new individual MILNET access codes to authorized re-registered and newly registered MILNET users; send the new cards directly to the user via U.S. postal mail; invalidate current individual MILNET TAC Access codes by host; and re-register authorized MILNET and ARPANET users who do not require MILNET TAC Access. - The update will proceed on a "rolling" basis. The schedule of re-registration of each host is determined on the basis of the first letter of the official hostname: Hosts with an official hostname beginning with the letter "A" will be re-registered in February 1985; hosts with a hostname beginning with the letter "B" will be re-registered in March 1985, etc. The distribution of the letters per month as given by the chart below should result in the re-registration of roughly the same number of users per month. If the Host Administrator expects that the month in which his/her host is scheduled for re-registration will present a difficulty, then that host may be rescheduled for re-registration in another month. Please notify REGISTRAR@SRI-NIC.ARPA . YEARLY RE-REGISTRATION SCHEDULE (by first letter of official hostname): FIRST LETTER OF HOSTNAME RE-REGISTRATION MONTH A ..................... February 1985 B ..................... March C ..................... April D ..................... May E, F, G, H, I, J, K ... June L, M .................. July N ..................... August O, P .................. September Q, R .................. October S, T .................. November U ..................... December V, W, X, Y, Z ......... January 1986 RE-REGISTRATION PROCEDURES - The Host Administrator will receive from REGISTRAR@SRI-NIC.ARPA a complete listing, in template form, of all currently registered users of the host scheduled for re-registration at the beginning of the month listed in the above schedule. - The Host Administrator will update the templates of currently registered users following the guidelines stated in the USER REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS. A copy may be obtained via FTP from SRI-NIC, host address [26.0.0.73] or [10.0.0.51] using pathname: INSTRUCTIONS.TXT - The Host Administrator will update the templates by: Correcting any outdated information contained in the user templates Marking the "DELETE" field with "Y" for users who no longer have current accounts on the host Filling out templates for new users not included in the list of templates - The Host Administrator will send the updated template file via electronic mail to REGISTRAR@SRI-NIC.ARPA prior to the end of the month in which updates are received. - The NIC Registrar will process the template file and update the WHOIS/NICNAM Identification Database. - The NIC Registrar will issue new individual MILNET TAC Access cards containing the old login password and new access code to all re-registered authorized users, and new passwords and access codes to new authorized users. - At this time, the Registrar will send a message to all registered users of the host informing them of the re-issuance of individual cards and the invalidation of old cards. - The Registrar will invalidate (hotlist) the access codes of all individual cards issued to the users of that host prior to the re-registration. The invalidation of old cards will occur 30 days following the end of the month the re-registration was due. This delay should allow sufficient time for users to receive their new cards, and for them to inform us or the Host Administrator of any problems with the new cards prior to the invalidation of the old cards. PROBLEMS WHICH MAY ARISE Official hostname changes which involve a change of the first character of the hostname: If the host has been re-registered during 1985 prior to the hostname change, we will not re-register the users of that host until the following year. New hosts: Users of new hosts will be registered at the time the host becomes an official ARPANET or MILNET host. We will re-register those users the following year. Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253