Re: [ISN] New Defence Computer Keeps Hackers Out and Secret (fwd)

[ark () eltex ru]

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nuqneH,

Hmm and how does classified side make requests? Or it does not?
So what protocols can it use?

Should be not so hard to implement, although..

Thanks for the information; the original message was too unclear about
that..

Rick Murphy <rmurphy () mitretek org> said :

> At 01:39 PM 10/16/98 +0400, ark () eltex ru wrote:
> > what the hell is that thing if _not_ firewall??
> > Does anybody know?
>
> It's not a firewall; it's a unidirectional data transfer device.
> It's intended to be put between classified and unclassified networks
> so that information can flow up toward the classified network but
> nothing can leak back down. 
>
> Vision Abell have built an x-windows proxy capability using this box.
> Writing proxies is difficult because you can't get any feeback
> (acknowledgements, for example) from the classified side back to the
> unclassified side because you have a write-only link. Your proxy has
> to mimic the behavior of the classified side and can't tell if the
> classified side is even listening.
>       -Rick

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