Military Message Experiment. (MME). Volume III. CINCPAC.
Abstract
The Military Message Experiment (MME) was designed to evaluate the utility of user-oriented message processing systems in a military environment and to aid in determining the features useful in such a system. To conduct the experiment, a PDP-10-based system was installed at CINCPAC Headquarters for use by a portion of the Operations Directorate. MME was designed to give the user the capability to handle his message traffic (both incoming and outgoing, formal and informal) on the system. The system enforced multilevel security rules based on a modification of the security kernel model developed at Mitre. The rule enforcement was not rigorous enough for certification, but it was sufficiently rigorous to determine the effects on the users' interactions with the system. Most of the functions needed for a user's message-related tasks were provided by the system: message distribution and redistribution, 'electronic readboard' construction, message filing, message replies, message commenting and 'chopping,' and message release. This report evaluates the MME system from the user's viewpoint. CINCPAC recommendations concerning future automated message-handling systems include: (1) An automated system must be reliable, readily available to all who need to use it, responsive, compatible with other message-handling equipment, and interoperable with its support message-transmission system; and (2) It must be designed and fielded with the close participation of the user community.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 24, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA098187
Entities
People
- J. Cole Smith
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory