Re: Introduction

John A. Morrison (morrison@killerbee.jsc.nasa.gov)
Mon, 12 Dec 1994 09:42:45 -0400 

>In reference to:
>
>---- Joining Requests ----
>
>When joining the list I ask you to breifly introduce yourself, to give
>an outline of your interest in intrusion detection systems. Whether
>you are developing an intrusion detection system, or a system
>administrator or student who is currently investigating or developing
>a system. Additionally you might want to express some personal ideas
>that you have about what you think an intrusion detection system
>ideally, should be.

[de-lurking also]

My name is John Morrison.  I am a member of NASA's Mission Operations
Directorate's (MOD), AIS Security Engineering Team (ASET).  I am also
a system admin for several SUN, Linux & BSD (also Novell & NT
AS systems) systems.

I've written risk analysis for networks & internetworks.  I currently
provide NASA/MOD with consulting services and investigative reviews of
incidents at the Johnson Space Center, Houston.

I'm always looking for new tricks & techniques that I can either provide
in person to MOD Management, or post on our homepages which is running
on a SparcStation 10 (http://aset.rsoc.rockwell.com).

At NASA, we are very concerned about the security of computer systems,
espcially those related to flight (both ascent & descent) software 
production.

I am worried about terrorist activity in the future, when the world 
may be connected to Space Station to run experiments.  I have to tell
you, it scares the hell out of me.

How do we keep these systems accessible to colleges & universities, and
other governments, while protecting the systems & spacecraft from harm
caused either from mailicious software, or denial of service attacks?

The faster NASA sysadmins can detect an intruder, the safer the crew is.
Any info is much appreciated. 

As always, you may contact me either via phone (Houston time) 8:00 to
5:00, 713-282-3516; or email at "morrison@killerbee.jsc.nasa.gov".


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