date and time created 89/02/23 18:47:28 by mckusick

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+.\"     @(#)G.t        1.1     89/02/23
+.LP
+\fB\s+4G. Proposed Research\fP\s-4
+.PP
+The recent invasion of the DARPA Internet by a quickly reproducing worm
+highlighted the need for a thorough review of the access
+safeguards built into the system.
+We will conduct a complete audit of the system
+utilities, especially network servers,
+to check for and eliminate unintended system access mechanisms.
+Part of this proposal includes the addition and integration of a real
+authentication mechanism for utilities such as
+telnet, login, remote shell, etc.
+.PP
+A group within the Internet Engineering Task Force has been drafting
+a Host Requirements standard for Internet hosts.
+We reviewed this draft recently and joined the working group.
+For the most part, the existing Berkeley TCP/IP and networking application
+software conforms with the draft.
+We will review conformance with the Host Requirements standard
+at the same time that we review the robustness of the network software.
+We expect that some additions will have to be made
+to the kernel network protocols to make them compliant.
+.bp