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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. Re:First Block by Hi_2k · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Anyone have a clue what this is? Sounds like a crypt of some sort. Perhaps what the Dept is looking for...

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  2. Re:Public P2P Infrastructure? by TykeClone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I don't think a-Q is going to be swapping any pr0n, unless you define it as putting fuses into hot boxes of combustible materiel.

    I think I read somewhere that terrorists used pornographic sites as communications hubs - most people avoid them (unless they're looking for that kind of thing) and they are left well enough alone.

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