towson%amsaa@sri-unix.UUCP (01/17/84)
From: David Towson (CSD) <towson@amsaa> The following is provided for the benefit of those persons who can access MILNET TAC's. Dave Towson info-cpm-request@brl-vgr ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Received: From Sri-Nic.ARPA by BRL via smtp; 16 Jan 84 19:51 EST Date: Mon 16 Jan 84 16:04:23-PST From: NIC Subject: All-Points Broadcast--TAC Login Procedures Sender: NIC@SRI-NIC To: ALL-POINTS: ; Reply-To: NIC@SRI-NIC The following message explains MILNET TAC Login. Users will encounter the need for this information as of Midnight tonight EST. These instructions are also available through all MILNET/ARPANET TAC's as a menu item in the TACNEWS system, which is accessible via the "@n" command. Note that ARPANET users will be unaffected at present, unless they use a MILNET (Defense Data Network) TAC to access their ARPANET host. Please broadcast these TAC Login procedures to all of your MILNET TAC users. As announced in DDN Newsletter No. 35, the Universal UserID procedure will be in effect 17 January through 15 February, after which individual UserIDs will be necessary. ===================================================================== The access control system for MILNET (Defense Data Network) TAC's requires you to login before connections may be opened. The login process is automatically started with the first "@open" ("@o") command you issue. There is also a new "@logout" ("@l") command to logout. Otherwise, the functioning of the TAC is unaffected by the access control system. Here is a sample of the login dialog (user input is underlined): a) PVC TAC 110 #:01 b) @o 26.2.0.8<RETURN> ----------- c) TAC Userid: TAC.LOGIN<RETURN> ---------- d) Access Code: 22ockedc2<RETURN> (Does not echo.) ---------- e) Login OK f) TCP trying...Open In the above example, the TAC prints its greeting (a). The user proceeds to give the command to open a connection to host 26.2.0.8 (b). If you are used to using a host number with a slash in it, you may still use that form, i.e. "@o 2/8", as long as you are not going across networks. The TAC prompts for a TAC UserID. The user enters the Universal UserID which expires February 15, 1984 (c). The Access Code corresponding to the UserID is entered (d). After a brief wait, the TAC indicates that ***Error on net connection*** === brl-vgr netread error from amsaa at Tue Jan 17 11:43:49 ===
towson%amsaa@sri-unix.UUCP (01/17/84)
From: David Towson (CSD) <towson@amsaa> The following is provided for the benefit of those persons who can access MILNET TAC's. Dave Towson info-cpm-request@brl-vgr ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Received: From Sri-Nic.ARPA by BRL via smtp; 16 Jan 84 19:51 EST Date: Mon 16 Jan 84 16:04:23-PST From: NIC Subject: All-Points Broadcast--TAC Login Procedures Sender: NIC@SRI-NIC To: ALL-POINTS: ; Reply-To: NIC@SRI-NIC The following message explains MILNET TAC Login. Users will encounter the need for this information as of Midnight tonight EST. These instructions are also available through all MILNET/ARPANET TAC's as a menu item in the TACNEWS system, which is accessible via the "@n" command. Note that ARPANET users will be unaffected at present, unless they use a MILNET (Defense Data Network) TAC to access their ARPANET host. Please broadcast these TAC Login procedures to all of your MILNET TAC users. As announced in DDN Newsletter No. 35, the Universal UserID procedure will be in effect 17 January through 15 February, after which individual UserIDs will be necessary. ===================================================================== The access control system for MILNET (Defense Data Network) TAC's requires you to login before connections may be opened. The login process is automatically started with the first "@open" ("@o") command you issue. There is also a new "@logout" ("@l") command to logout. Otherwise, the functioning of the TAC is unaffected by the access control system. Here is a sample of the login dialog (user input is underlined): a) PVC TAC 110 #:01 b) @o 26.2.0.8<RETURN> ----------- c) TAC Userid: TAC.LOGIN<RETURN> ---------- d) Access Code: 22ockedc2<RETURN> (Does not echo.) ---------- e) Login OK f) TCP trying...Open In the above example, the TAC prints its greeting (a). The user proceeds to give the command to open a connection to host 26.2.0.8 (b). If you are used to using a host number with a slash in it, you may still use that form, i.e. "@o 2/8", as long as you are not going across networks. The TAC prompts for a TAC UserID. The user enters the Universal UserID which expires February 15, 1984 (c). The Access Code corresponding to the UserID is entered (d). After a brief wait, the TAC indicates that login is successful (e) and goes on to the normal connection sequence (f). When you are entering your TAC UserID and Access Code: - A carriage return (indicated as "<RETURN>" in the example) terminates each input line and causes the next prompt to appear. - As you type in your TAC UserID and Access Code, it does not matter whether you enter an alphabetic character in upper or lower case. In the typing of the TAC UserID, all lower case alphabetic characters echo as upper case. - The Access Code is not echoed in full-duplex mode. An effort is made to obscure the Access Code printed on hardcopy terminals in half-duplex mode. - As an aid to correct reading of Access Codes, they have been designed so that they never contain a zero, a one, a "Q" or a "Z", because each of these characters resembles another. So if you think you see one of these characters in your Access Code, you know it is really the letter "O" [oh], the letter "L" [el], or the number "2" [two]. - You may edit what you type by using the backspace (Control-H) key to delete a single character. - You may delete the entire line and restart it by typing Control-U. A new prompt will appear. - While entering either the TAC UserID or Access Code, you may type Control-C to abort the login process and return to the TAC command mode. You must interrupt or complete the login process in order to issue any TAC command. After both the TAC UserID and Access Code are collected from the terminal, the TAC must verify the login attempt. Often this takes less than a second, but in some cases a slight delay will occur. Anything typed at the terminal after the concluding carriage return of the access code, but before the login confirmation (or denial) is received, will generate the message "Wait" on the terminal. If the login is allowed, you will see the message "Login OK" and immediately afterward the TAC will attempt to open your TCP connection. If the login is denied for any reason, you will see the message "Bad Login." The TAC will then prompt you for another UserID and Access Code. After several bad login attempts, the TAC will attempt to hang up your TAC port. Once logged in, your port remains logged in as long as you have an open connection. There is a ten minute period after you close one connection in which you may open another one without having to go through the login sequence. When you are finished using your TAC port you should log out by using the TAC "@logout" command. Typing "@reset" has no effect on your login state. If ten minutes go by during which your port does not have an established TCP connection, the TAC will attempt to hang up on your port, logging you out. If you are having problems logging in, call the Network Information Center at (415) 859-3695 between the hours of 8:00-17:00 PST. -------