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U.S. Navy Patents the Firewall?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'd-have-gone-after-antivirus dept.

Krishna Dagli writes to mention a post by Bruce Schneier on his site indicating that the U.S. Navy may be patenting the Firewall. Whether or not it is their intention to do so is unclear. From the patent description: "In a communication system having a plurality of networks, a method of achieving network separation between first and second networks is described. First and second networks with respective first and second degrees of trust are defined, the first degree of trust being higher than the second degree of trust. Communication between the first and second networks is enabled via a network interface system having a protocol stack, the protocol stack implemented by the network interface system in an application layer."

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  1. Re:I think I have prior art in my D-link by hey! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's so old, Chuck Berry wrote a song back in 1972:

    When I was little boy In Grammar school
    Always went by the very best rule
    But Evertime the bell would ring
    You'd catch me playing with my D-Link

    My D-Link My D-Link won't you play with My D-link
    My D-Link My D-Link won't you play with My D-link

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  2. Nice try, but... by DrKC9N · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Al Gore patented it already.

  3. Re:Might not be a bad thing? by devnullkac · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    If we were in the middle of World War III, the situation might be slightly different.

    Off-topic, but I suspect we're already there. Much has been done in the name of the global war on terror that makes patent infringement look like jay-walking.

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  4. Re:Might not be a bad thing? by Kadin2048 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Much has been done in the name of the global war on terror that makes patent infringement look like jay-walking.
    Only against foreigners, hippies, Arabs, political undesirables, and the U.S. citizenry in general. Obviously, a higher burden of proof is in order when it comes to infringing on the rights of defense-industry corporations.
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