DoD may announce Cyber Command
Blog As I understand from a US source close to that world, the DoD is considering appointing General Keith B. What I've heard is that when the Air Force Cyber Command was proposed over a year ago, the DoD asked the Air Force not to go ahead with the...
[March 13, 2009, 16:19 in News Blog by Tom Espiner]
RE: Failed on Earth? Try orbit
Blog Comment Delighted to be put right - although I should point out that at the time, the DoD was fingered as an investor. Perhaps the exact nature of 'investment' can be debated here - I don't know if the DoD got an equity stake in the company.
[February 3, 2009, 12:39 by Rupert Goodwins]
US brings down its spy satellite
Blog According to a US DoD press release, at about 10.26pm EST yesterday the USS Lake Erie (CG-70), fired a single modified tactical Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) hitting the satellite approximately 247 kilometres (133 nautical miles) over the Pacific...
[February 21, 2008, 12:53 in News Blog by Tom Espiner]
Novell promises long-term NetWare support
Talkback Army to get Microsoft to continue support for its NT4 server that is in use all over the globe, mainly because the political structure of the DoD won't make any decisions to upgrade, migrate or replace servers.
About: Novell promises long-term NetWare support
[February 9, 2005, 20:13]
US military invests in 'active' RFID
Talkback Here is my suggestion to US DoD: attach RFID to every smart bomb or cluster bomb to make it easy to find blind shells. There are too many those things in Afghanistan, Iraq and the like.
About: US military invests in 'active' RFID
[March 23, 2004, 15:54]
RE: Nasa hacker loses last-ditch appeal
Blog Comment This is undoubtedly a political accommodation whereby a bumbling man managed to hack his way past the DoD's computer security is being sacrificed to provide a cover up. I feel that perhaps the Home Secretary should go in his stead - her absence...
[October 18, 2008, 23:01 by 1000215420]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback I work for the DoD, and have just wasted an an hour and a half trying to purchase parts that we need for a rack system. I was transferred back and forth from one department to another and then back to the original deparment that had started the...
About: Dell admits Indian mistake
[June 7, 2006, 16:34]
GhostSurf 2005 Platinum
Member Review Schneier's Algorithim (DOD 5220.22-M) (with/without ISSAC, Twists, etc. DOD NAVSO P-5239-26 MFM (with/without ISSAC, Twists, etc. DOD NAVSO P-5239-26 RLL (with/without ISSAC, Twists, etc. Compatible, with:
[October 26, 2004, 20:47]
Trojan horse found responsible for child porn
Talkback how dod you get along? Hello My partner os going through the same thing, th police took our computers away and found some images on their. He is horrified.we have a baby daughter and anothe on the way.
About: Trojan horse found responsible for child porn
[April 20, 2007, 17:14]
RE: Failed on Earth? Try orbit
Blog Comment Contracts with the DoD were important in keeping the network operational during Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but no branch of the government has ever been an owner of or investor in Iridium. I wanted to correct important factual errors in your...
[February 3, 2009, 9:35 by Elizabeth Mailander]
Why Ballmer just doesn't get it
Talkback Second, computer security is an old subject going back to various DoD projects, the MIT Project Mac system Multics, the IBM system VM/CMS, Prime's system Primos close to Multics, etc. Why Ballmer and Microsoft "don't get it" is much deeper, more...
About: Why Ballmer just doesn't get it
[October 15, 2003, 22:50]
US and EU clash over Internet control
Talkback A foreign government wanting control of the US internet is like a foreign government wanting control of the department of transportation, coast guard, FAA, NASA, or DOD. I don’t get the arguments. The internet has never been the property of the world.
About: US and EU clash over Internet control
[October 8, 2005, 4:10]
Linux distros made IPv6 ready
Blog Federal Government’s Department of Defense (DOD) mandate and certification requirements for this next generation Internet protocol. The Linux Foundation has announced that some of the major Linux distributions have been made IPv6 ready.
[December 1, 2008, 16:27 in News Blog by Tom Espiner]
