PASS TO SITE/FACILITY/COMMAND INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY OFFICER
{ISSO}, SPECIAL SECURITY OFFICER {SSO}, INFORMATION RESOURCE
MANAGER {IRM} AND AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSOR {ADP} COORDINATORS
U-1,358/DS-SIM {CSG}
SUBJ:  UNICOS FIELD ADVISORY NUMBER 142 - UNICOS 6.1.5A
ANNOUNCEMENT {AUTOMATED SYSTEMS SECURITY INCIDENT SUPPORT TEAM 
{ASSIST} 92-58}
1.  DISCUSSION:  ASSIST HAS OBTAINED INFORMATION FROM CRAY
RESEARCH INC. {CRI} ABOUT A NEW RECOMMENDED SET OF MODS TO APPLY
AGAINST UNICOS 6.1.5.  A LARGE NUMBER OF MODS PLANNED FOR 6.1.6
HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE AND HAVE BEEN PACKAGED INTO A MOD SET
NAMED 6.1.5A.  CRI WILL DELAY THE RELEASE OF UNICOS 6.1.6 TO ALLOW
FOR A THOROUGH VALIDATION OF EXISTING PROBLEMS FOUND IN UNICOS
6.1.5.  CONTACT YOUR CRAY REPRESENTATIVE TO DETERMINE WHICH MODS
FOR YOUR CURRENT VERSION OF UNICOS ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR SITE. 
SITES RUNNING UNICOS 6.1.5 SHOULD APPLY THE 6.1.5A MOD SET IF
PRIOR MODS HAVE NOT BEEN INSTALLED.  HAVE YOUR SITE REPRESENTATIVE
INSPECT THE LIST OF MODS IN THE 6.1.5A MOD PACKAGE TO BE SURE THAT
ALL MODS IMPORTANT TO YOUR SITE ARE INCLUDED. 
2.  RECOMMENDATION:  SITES SHOULD RUN IOS VERSION 6.1.5C OR IOS-E
2.0.4 WITH UNICOS 6.1.5A.  CRI WILL PROVIDE THE MOST CURRENT
VERSION OF IOS OR IOS-E SOFTWARE TO SITES INSTALLING OR UPGRADING
TO UNICOS 6.1.5.  SITES ALREADY RUNNING VERSIONS OF IOS 6.1 OR
IOS-E 2.0 SHOULD ORDER THE MOST CURRENT VERSION BY USING THE IOS
OR IOS-E ON-LINE ORDER FORM ON CRAYAMID.  UNICOS 6.1.5A {UNICOS
6.1.5 PLUS THE 6.1.5A MOD PACKAGE} WILL INCLUDE FIXES FOR ALL 
UNICOS ADVISORIES AND ALERTS AS OF 12 DECEMBER 1991, EXCEPT THE
FOLLOWING: 
                 SUBSYSTEM 
ALERTS: 
                  25     LDSYNC  
                 134     FINGERD  
                 141     FUSER  
                 145     DATA MIGRATION 
ADVISORIES: 
                 126     INSTALLATION TOOL 
                 128     /ETC/NETSTART 
                 134     DUMP/RESTORE 
                 136     DUMP/RESTORE 
                 139     AUTOTASKING 
3.  THE 6.1.5A MOD SET DOES NOT INCLUDE A FIX FOR ON-LINE
DIAGNOSTICS.  THE PACKAGE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON CRAYAMID AND CAN BE
COPIED FROM /U/MODS/6.1.5A/{STAR SIGN}.  A README FILE AND OTHER
APPROPRIATE 6.1.5A DOCUMENTATION IS ALSO LOCATED IN
/U/MODS/6.1.5A/{STAR SIGN}.  A VALID USER ON CRAYAMID.CRAY.COM CAN
USE THE FTP "PUT" COMMAND TO TRANSFER MODS TO ANOTHER SYSTEM.  
NOTE THAT CRAYAMID.CRAY.COM DOES NOT SUPPORT THE FTP "GET"
COMMAND.  ALTERNATIVELY, CONTACT YOUR CRI SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE
TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO THE APPROPRIATE MODS. 
4.  POINT OF CONTACT:  ASSIST POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS MATTER IS
MIKE HIGGINS, COMM {202} 373-8852/55 OR DSN 243-8852/55.  ASSIST
CAN BE REACHED 24 HOURS PER DAY, COMMERCIAL PAGER {800} SKY-PAGE,
PIN NUMBER 2133937 {FROM A TOUCH TONE PHONE ENTER THE CALL BACK
NUMBER AFTER THE PROMPT} OR AUTOVON DIAL 243-8000 AND ASK TO HAVE
THE ASSIST DUTY OFFICER PAGED.  ASSIST CAN BE REACHED VIA E-MAIL
AT "DOD-CERT{AT-SIGN}DDN-CONUS.DDN.MIL."