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"IM me" a strike order

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Source: Dancho Danchev - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas

Flexible military communications have always been of great importance, and flexibility here stands for securely communicating over insecure channels -- IP based communications. While you might have not heard of Bantu before, to me their real-time network for interagency communication sounds more like a security through obscurity approach -- temporary gain and possible long term disaster.

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IM secure?

Written by Goksin Akdeniz on 2006-04-17 05:55:14

I am not sure that IM is a secure way of communication in warfare. Flexible communications is a must but using IM networks where data is transmitted through network. is not an option. Sniffers can capture data. I think a flexible and secure communication should be build on an architecture where security is the primary concern, like BSD OS family.

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