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Lockheed Snags $31 Million To Reinvent the Internet, Microsoft To Help
DARPA has awarded a $31 million contract to megacorp Lockheed Martin which will, with some assistance from Microsoft, attempt to reinvent the Internet and make it more military-friendly. "The main thrust of the effort will be to develop a new Military Network Protocol, which will differ from old hat such as TCP/IP in that it will offer 'improved security, dynamic bandwidth allocation, and policy-based prioritization levels at the individual and unit level.' Lockheed will be partnered with Anagran, Juniper Networks, LGS Innovations, Stanford University and — of course — Microsoft in developing the MNP. Apart from that, Lockheed's own Information Systems & Global Services-Defense tentacle will work on amazing new hardware."
Well, we have to have at least one post referencing Skynet. And someone needs to post something about our new overlords...
How does this affect pr0n?
... and used to interconnect medical devices, it'd give a whole new meaning to "blue screen of death"
And Al Gore could not be reached for comment.
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They'll have to leave the major version number the same so it doesn't break the Internet. They'll call it IPv7, but it will be version 6.1 to keep this compatibility.
Every time I start to have faith in humanity, I ruin it by driving to work between 7 and 8 am.
Why are you talking about Microsoft like it's alive?
Is there something I should know?
Hello, windows.
Asking Microsoft to help with security is like asking Jessica Simpson for advice on staying out of the spotlight.
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Will not use it until at least SP1 is released.
The military basically says, I need a plane that can go at least mach 2, can carry X number of pounds of air to ground or air to air weapons, has X% stealth capability, has a range of X miles, can land on a aircraft carrier, etc., etc... and costs about X dollars.
Wow, I'd like to see the value of X that can fit all of those parameters!
I think zero works!