Perhaps you are referring to the
following?
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Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE
All RCIOs/FCIOs, please pass
to your DOIMs/Area Support Groups
FOR WIDE DISTRIBUTION
It has come to my attention
that several DOIMs and/or RCIO/FCIOs have issued guidance that Apple OS based
computers must be disconnected from Army networks as a result of Active
Directory deployment and NETCOM guidance.
This is not correct.
Neither NETCOM or the CIO/G6 has issued guidance requiring removal of Apple OS
based computers from Army networks, nor has any Army guidance been issued that
requires placement of Apple OS based computers in protected enclaves.
Apple OS based computers
must comply with the requirements of the local accreditation authority.
NETCOM has assessed the
Apple OS X 10.3 operating system and determined it is acceptable for new
acquisitions where the Army needs a UNIX based user workstation. We have not
approved the OS X platform as a common replacement for the Windows XP platform at
this time. We are aggressively working with Apple corporation to resolve the
few remaining technical impediments to allowing the OS X platform as an
alternative common user workstation to the XP platform.
Apple OS based computers are
not, at this time, permitted to connect to Active Directory. This is also
being addressed with Apple corporation and it is expected that the next version
of OS X will address most, if not all, interoperability issues with Active
Directory.
Use of the Apple OS X
platform with Virtual PC and XP is approved. NETCOM will be preparing
instructions on how to connect the XP hosted OS to Active Directory. Until
this guidance is published, connection of the hosted XP OS to Active Directory
is not recommended.
Technical POC for this
message is MICHAEL D. BOMBA , DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL ENGINEERING NETCOM/ESTA.
Peggy Henderson
Dir, Information Technology
Integration
NETCOM/ESTA
520-538-6278/DNS 879-6278