The National Research and Education Network (NREN) is an integral part of the planned High-Performance Computing and Communication (HPCC) infrastructure that will extend throughout the scientific, technical and education communities. The projected vision is one of desks and laboratory benches as entry points to a nation-wide electronic network of information technologies with shared access to services and resources such as high-performance computing systems, specialized software tools, databases, scientific instruments, digital libraries, and other research facilities. The purpose of this report is to explore the foundations of a security policy and propose a security policy for the NREN, one that is applicable to and identifies responsibilities of all major network constituents: end users, system administrators, management at all levels, vendors, system developers, service providers, and the Federal Networking Council.
The National Research and Education Network (NREN) is an integral part of the planned High-Performance Computing and Communication (HPCC) infrastructure that will extend throughout the scientific, technical and education communities. The projected vision is one of desks and laboratory benches as...
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The National Research and Education Network (NREN) is an integral part of the planned High-Performance Computing and Communication (HPCC) infrastructure that will extend throughout the scientific, technical and education communities. The projected vision is one of desks and laboratory benches as entry points to a nation-wide electronic network of information technologies with shared access to services and resources such as high-performance computing systems, specialized software tools, databases, scientific instruments, digital libraries, and other research facilities. The purpose of this report is to explore the foundations of a security policy and propose a security policy for the NREN, one that is applicable to and identifies responsibilities of all major network constituents: end users, system administrators, management at all levels, vendors, system developers, service providers, and the Federal Networking Council.
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