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? asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 1 decade ago

Can anyone explain to me why the Pentagon and other secure organisations use the WWW?

I am constantly surprised how many defence related organisations still have their supposedly secure networks open to the WWW. If your network links to the Web it can be attacked. The latest victim is Lockheed Martin. Can anyone explain why this is so?

I believe the British Military did invest in a closed system. Surely it is not impossible to separate your general traffic through the WWW and your secure traffic through a closed system, preferably using a closed telecommunications system.

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    1 decade ago
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    Takes our money to build a separate infrastructure and votes to allow it. Start lobbying.

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