Considerations for a Shipboard Multilevel Secure Local Area Network

Abstract

This thesis investigates the possibility of implementing a multilevel secure local area network on a medium-sized ship. In particular it focuses on medium-sized ship communications suite connectivity to a Gate Guard computer system, and then on incorporating systems that have been developed under the Navy's transition plan for the Defense Message System; specifically the Multilevel Mailer Server being installed at Navy Telecommunications Centers. A review of data communications security considerations as well as DoD and Navy directives is provided for background on the accreditation requirements of multilevel secure systems. Additionally two commercially available products, the VERDIX Secure Local Area Network and Trusted information System' XENIX trusted operating system are reviewed and then shown how they could potentially be integrated into a shipboard local area network. A potential configuration is provided with recommendation for further study of system application compatibility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA248253

Entities

People

  • John W. Riley Iii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Protocols
  • Application Software
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Links
  • Digital Communications
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Systems
  • Local Area Networks
  • Message Systems
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Operating Systems

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Systems Analysis and Design