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	RFC 1281:

        Title:      Guidelines for the Secure Operation of the Internet
       	Author:     R. Pethia, S. Crocker, and B. Fraser
	Mailbox:    rdp@cert.sei.cmu.edu, crocker@tis.com,
                    byf@cert.sei.cmu.edu
	Pages:      10
	Characters: 22,618
        Updates/Obsoletes:  none

                pathname: rfc/rfc1281.txt


The purpose of this document is to provide a set of guidelines to aid
in the secure operation of the Internet.  During its history, the
Internet has grown significantly and is now quite diverse.  Its
participants include government institutions and agencies, academic
and research institutions, commercial network and electronic mail
carriers, non-profit research centers and an increasing array of
industrial organizations who are primarily users of the technology.
Despite this dramatic growth, the system is still operated on a purely
collaborative basis.  Each participating network takes responsibility
for its own operation.  Service providers, private network operators,
users and vendors all cooperate to keep the system functioning.

This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
not specify an Internet standard.  Distribution of this memo is
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Joyce K. Reynolds
USC/Information Sciences Institute