Internet Security Policy (spwg)
































Charter































Status: Concluded August, 1991 































































































Chair(s):































































 Richard Pethia 































































Description of Working Group:































The Security Policy Working Group (SPWG) is chartered to create a proposed































Internet Security Policy for review, possible modification, and































possible adoption by the Internet Activities Board.  The SPWG will































focus on both technical and administrative issues related to security,































including integrity, authentication and confidentiality controls, and































the administration of hosts and networks.































































Among the issues to be considered in this Working Group are:































































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   Responsibilities and obligations of users, database































     administrators, host operators, and network managers.































































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   Technical controls which provide protection from disruption of































     service, unauthorized modification of data, unauthorized disclosure































     of information and unauthorized use of facilities.































































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   Organizational requirements for host, local network, regional































     network and backbone network operators.































































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   Incident handling procedures for various Internet components.































































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Request for Comments:

  • RFC1281 Guidelines for the Secure Operation of the Internet (Informational)