Hope you don't use FNMOC a lot

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Hope you don't use FNMOC a lot

#1 Postby Rainband » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:57 am

Guess what we can see weather wise is going to be controlled now. I fear this is just the beginning. :( :( :( :( If this has been posted already I apologize.

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/



NOTE: Starting on June 16th, 2006 access to this site will require
MANDATORY DOD Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate authentication. If you do not currently possess a DOD PKI certificate and are a customer affiliated with the United States Department of Defense or a United States government employee/contractor please visit the External Certification Authority (ECA) PKI Program web site for more information on obtaining a valid certificate. If you have operational concerns regarding the DOD's transition to PKI Authentication please use the site Feedback Form to detail the impact. For additional information on the subject of PKI as it pertains to the DOD please review this PKI FAQs document.
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#2 Postby Rainband » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:00 pm

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/ADMIN/feedback.html

I am going to let them know my feelings on this. :roll: :roll: I suggest we all do. :cheesy:
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#3 Postby AJC3 » Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:08 pm

From what I'm reading about this, I don't think this is going to limit access for the general public. Sounds like it's more of a security thing to identify (via keys/certs, etc) the users that are accessing the site . I'm not an IT person, so maybe some more learned folks can chime in.

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http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sD ... 99,00.html
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#4 Postby senorpepr » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:24 pm

From what I understand, the public access with not change. People without a PKI / CAC will still be able to access the public side. However, if you want the level I access, you will need the PKI.

Unfortunately, Rainband, e-mailing them will do hardly any good. Adding security to this page outweighs giving public access since this page is designed for DoD and DoC interests.
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#5 Postby terstorm1012 » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:23 pm

That's interesting that they are announcing it anyway...I've always been of the opinion that they were tracking my usage of the site anyway. At any rate as long as the service doesn't disappear and can still be used I don't mind it at all.
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Re: Hope you don't use FNMOC a lot

#6 Postby Rainband » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:38 pm

Rainband wrote:Guess what we can see weather wise is going to be controlled now. I fear this is just the beginning. :( :( :( :( If this has been posted already I apologize.

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/



NOTE: Starting on June 16th, 2006 access to this site will require
MANDATORY DOD Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate authentication. If you do not currently possess a DOD PKI certificate and are a customer affiliated with the United States Department of Defense or a United States government employee/contractor please visit the External Certification Authority (ECA) PKI Program web site for more information on obtaining a valid certificate. If you have operational concerns regarding the DOD's transition to PKI Authentication please use the site Feedback Form to detail the impact. For additional information on the subject of PKI as it pertains to the DOD please review this PKI FAQs document.
it says the whole site :oops:
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#7 Postby senorpepr » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:50 pm

Like I said, from what I understand (as a DoD meteorologist), the public access with not change. People without a PKI / CAC will still be able to access the public side. However, if you want the level I access, you will need the PKI.

Then again... I could be wrong...
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#8 Postby senorpepr » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:53 pm

FWIW... remember the the JTWC did the same thing (require
MANDATORY PKI certificate authentication) a year or two ago...

...and the public still has access to it...
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#9 Postby Rainband » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:05 pm

senorpepr wrote:FWIW... remember the the JTWC did the same thing (require
MANDATORY PKI certificate authentication) a year or two ago...

...and the public still has access to it...
Thanks :D I use that site a lot during the season. You know more about it than I do. Thanks for the info :wink:
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