The Non-classified Internet Protocol (IP) Router Network (NIPRNet) is an IP network used to exchange unclassified information, including
information subject to controls on distribution, among the private network's users. The NIPRNet also provides its users access to the
Internet
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.
It is one of the United States Department of Defense's three main networks. The others include
SIPRNet
The Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) is "a system of interconnected computer networks used by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of State to transmit classified information (up to and including information ...
and
JWICS.
History
NIPRNet is composed of
Internet Protocol
The Internet Protocol (IP) is the network layer communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries. Its routing function enables internetworking, and essentially establishes the Internet.
IP ...
routers owned by the
United States Department of Defense
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(DOD). It was created in the 1980s and managed by the
Defense Information Systems Agency
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(DISA) to supersede the earlier
MILNET.
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Security improvements
In the year leading up to 2010 NIPRNet has grown faster than the U.S. Department of Defense can monitor. DoD spent $10 million in 2010 to map out the current state of the NIPRNet, in an effort to analyze its expansion, and identify unauthorized users, who are suspected to have quietly joined the network. The NIPRNet survey, which uses IPSonar software developed by Lumeta Corporation, also looked for weakness in security caused by network configuration. The Department of Defense has made a major effort in the year leading up to 2010, to improve network security. The Pentagon announced it was requesting $2.3 billion in the 2012 budget to bolster network security within the Defense Department and to strengthen ties with its counterparts at the Department of Homeland Security
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.
Alternative names
SIPRNet
The Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) is "a system of interconnected computer networks used by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of State to transmit classified information (up to and including information ...
and NIPRNet are referred to colloquially
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as ''SIPPERnet'' and ''NIPPERnet'' (or simply ''sipper'' and ''nipper''), respectively.
See also
* Classified website
* SIPRNet
The Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) is "a system of interconnected computer networks used by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of State to transmit classified information (up to and including information ...
* RIPR
* Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
The Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System (JWICS, ) is the United States government's secure intranet for the storage of top secret and sensitive compartmented information, primarily for use in intelligence. It is the most secure of th ...
(JWICS)
* Intellipedia
Intellipedia is an online system for collaborative data sharing used by the United States Intelligence Community (IC). It was established as a pilot project in late 2005 and formally announced in April 2006. Intellipedia consists of three wik ...
* Protective distribution system
* NATO CRONOS
References
External links
DISA
Army and Defense Knowledge Online
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Wide area networks
Cryptography