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 Schwierig: Militaers & TCP/IP-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.-
 
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 Schwierig: Militärs & TCP/IP
 
 Wieviel Material man online hat, wissen die Spooks im US
 Verteidigungsministerium offenbar selber nicht. Die Navy
 allein hat 463 pages & dies ist nur ein Bruchteil dessen,
 was via www abrufbar ist.
 Die Crux: Man benützt ein & dasselbe www.Informationssystem
 auch für die nicht gar so speziell abgesicherte semi/private
 Kommunikation.
 
 post/scrypt: Entsprechend dem, was gewisse Spatzen von
 diversen Netzknoten gepfiffen haben, hat das
 Heeres/nachrichten/amt (HNA) in .AT unlängst das Protokoll
 TCP/IP zum Zwecke in/externer Kommunikation einer
 praktischen Inbetriebnahme zugeführt.
 
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 M.J. Zuckerman
 1998 SEP 17. The Pentagon is ordering a top-to-bottom review
 of material it maintains on the Internet, concerned that
 terrorists or other enemies can find easy access to valuable
 information there, say several knowledgeable sources inside
 and outside the government.
 
 In a digital age-equivalent of the World War II warning
 "Loose lips sink ships," the military is directing
 commanders of all service branches to take a hard look at
 dangers posed by the proliferation of Web sites in the past
 few years.
 ...
 The Web sites, which are widely regarded as a means to open
 communications between the top brass and enlisted personnel
 as well as providing information to the families of service
 personnel and the public, drew concern after the U.S. cruise
 missile attack Aug. 20 on terrorist training camps in
 Afghanistan, the sources say.
 
 Within hours of the attack, Pentagon computer specialists
 warned that online information about the forces involved,
 such as names of commanders and location of their families,
 could serve terrorists seeking targets for retribution.
 ...
 The Pentagon was unable to say Wednesday how many military
 Web sites exist or who, if anyone, has oversight.
 
 The Navy lists 463 pages at its official Web site. Every
 branch of the military and division of the Defense
 Department maintains its own site, and each yields an
 imponderable amount of information.
 
 Those pages contain detailed information about ships,
 planes, armaments, personnel, missions, troop deployments
 and bases. Though almost all of this is unclassified, there
 are concerns about making it too easily available.
 ..
 "In this modern age of technology, there is the ability to
 collate readily available information, which once compiled
 is a ready-made book for terrorists," says Robert Marsh, who
 chaired the commission.
 
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