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Dept. Of Homeland Security Chooses Groove, P2P

Posted by timothy on from the but-can-anyone-think-of-legitimate-uses-for-p2p dept.

Ryan Barrett writes "Groove Networks has announced that their P2P infrastructure will power the Homeland Security Information Network, an initiative to increase information sharing between federal, state, and local intelligence agencies. (The initiative doesn't give the govt. more information, it just helps agencies better share the information they already have.) Groove Workspace has also been certified with two govt. security standards, FIPS 140-2 level 1 and NIAP CCITSE. In related news, Groove's developers have been diagnosed with acronym whiplash."

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  1. Many of you... by Ieshan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Many of you may know the founder of Groove (Ray Ozzie) as the guy who created Lotus Notes.

    Just showing that he's been in the spotlight before, it's not some random Joe who's suddenly found his product approved for Government use.

  2. Re:It does, however... by JabberWokky · · Score: 4, Informative
    What do I see one day? A hit from the DOJ. They were looking for porno

    Holy CRAP! There are healthy *human* *beings* in the government? With the same urges and activities as in every other field? Call the news media!

    Seriously, working at a courthouse versus a finance company, I saw pretty much the same amount of people surfing porn from work. It's called being human. Not a big deal unless you happen to get called on it. That only happened once when the idiot started showing it to coworkers and HR got involved. Otherwise, anyone sitting on a router or proxy knows that there's a good deal of... err... personal internet use in every office.

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    Evan

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  3. Last Year by Rascasse · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, Mitch Kapor resigned in March of 2003.