Due to an increased network threat condition, the Defense Department is blocking all HTML-based e-mail messages and has banned the use of Outlook Web Access e-mail applications, according to a spokesman for the Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations. An internal message available on the Internet from the Defense Security Service (DSS) states that JTF-GNO raised the network threat condition from Information Condition 5, which indicates normal operating conditions, to Infocon 4 "in the face of continuing and sophisticated threats" against Defense Department networks. . The link for this article located at FCW is no longer available. . The military has prohibited HTML emails in response to increasing vulnerabilities impacting its systems.. HTML Email, Network Security, E-mail Restrictions. . Benjamin D. Thomas
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