Restricted Data Transmission Controller

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:719085

Grambihler, A J; O`Callaghan, P B; Carlson, R L

The Fuels and Materials Examination Facility (FMEF) built on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation by Westinghouse Hanford Company for the Department of Energy, is being actively considered as a modern special nuclear material (SNM) processing facility. Associated with the facility is a family of computers that are designed to work in a local area network for monitoring safeguards, security, process control, and environmental parameters. A major concern in completing this local area network has been how to effectively connect the classified safeguards computer system to the unclassified portions of the network. Current methods of connection can incur exorbitant physical security installation costs. A solution was proposed in coordination with DOE/HQ personnel at a meeting held at the FMEF on January 15, 1987. The proposed solution was to develop an information filtering system. The filter would prevent classified data from being transmitted to the unclassified system. At the same time it would allow information to be transmitted to the classified system unimpeded. This paper reports on the completion of the Restricted Data Transmission Controller (RDTC) prototype which has been developed by Security Applications Center personnel.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 719085
• Report Number(s): WHC-SP--0305; ON: TI88012535
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
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COMPUTER NETWORKS
DATA TRANSMISSION
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HANFORD RESERVATION
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
PLUTONIUM
SAFEGUARDS
SECURITY