From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,66a17c6afbfb7881,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,66a17c6afbfb7881,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: ff6c8,66a17c6afbfb7881,start X-Google-Attributes: gidff6c8,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,66a17c6afbfb7881,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,66a17c6afbfb7881,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public From: cseic@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us (CSEIC) Subject: CSEIC News Breifs, W/E Sept. 19, 1997 Date: 1997/09/18 Message-ID: <5vs3vt$j8v@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 273655647 Organization: Computer Systems Engineering Information Clearinghouse Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.sw.components,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.edu Date: 1997-09-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Computer Systems Engineering News Briefs Week Ending: September 19, 1997 *********************************************** CONTENTS: HEWLETT-PACKARD OS COMPLIANT WITH COE 3.1 TASK TERMINATION AND ADA 95 DMS DEMO MARKS A NEW BEGINNING USAF SEEKS TO ENHANCE GCCS SECURITY ************************************************* HEWLETT-PACKARD OS COMPLIANT WITH COE 3.1 Topic: DII, COE The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has approved Hewlett-Packard Co.'s HP-UX operating system as compliant with the Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) Common Operating Environment (COE) Version 3.1. Hewlett-Packard is the first vendor to achieve DII COE certification. As a registered OS, HP-UX 10.20 has been configured to support the DISA kernal, a predefined system-level administration program that sits atop the OS and interacts with application software. SOURCE: Slabodkin, Gregory, "Briefing Book," Government Computer News, September 8, 1997, v16, n27, p. 69. http://www.gcn.com *********************************************** TASK TERMINATION AND ADA 95 Topic: Ada In the September/October 1997 issue of "Ada Letters," a bimonthly publication of SIGAda, the issue of Task Termination and Ada 95 is addressed. The following is an abstract of the study: Ada 83 removed from the programmer the burden of coding potentially complex termination conditions between clients and servers by introducing an 'or terminate' option to the select statement. With the introduction of indirect communication, it is no longer straightforward to obtain program termination. This paper illustrates the problem and suggests that adding a terminate alternative to an entry call might solve the problem. The advantages and disadvantages of the approach are discussed. SOURCE: A.J. Wellings & A. Burns mailto:{andy,burns}@minster.york.ac.uk, O. Pazy mailto:pazy@world.std.com, "Task Termination and Ada 95," Ada Letters, Sept./Oct. 1997, v17, n5, pp. 100-105. http://www.acm.org/sigada/ *********************************************** USAF SEEKS TO ENHANCE GCCS SECURITY Topic: DII The Air Force's Rome Laboratory has awarded four contracts for research to enhance security features of the Global Command and Control System (GCCS). Trusted Information Systems Inc., of Glenwood, MD, won two of the four contracts. The contracts are for research into unified security management and administration for networks and distributed computer systems. Secure Computing Corp. of Roseville, MN, was hired to develop security enhancements for existing commercial security products. Open Group Research Institute of Cambridge, MA, will provide identity- and roles-based management of access control information for DOD users. SOURCE: Slabodkin, Gregory, "Briefing Book," Government Computer News, September 8, 1997, v16, n27, p. 69. http://www.gcn.com *********************************************** DMS DEMO MARKS NEW BEGINNING Topic: DII For four days last month, the Army's project manager for the Defense Message System (DMS) demonstrated to dozens of visitors the future of military messaging once the Department of Defense (DOD) phases out the AUTODIN system. The demonstration, held near DISA headquarters in Arlington, VA, showed how DMS would route Microsoft Exchange e-mail to a Lotus Notes client. "My biggest mission right now is education," said Col. Robert C. Raiford. "Too many people are tired of seeing briefings. They're saying,'Show me that it works.'" 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