NIPRNet
Encyclopedia
The Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Network (abbreviated as "NIPRNet," but commonly written "NIPRNET") is used to exchange sensitive but unclassified
information between "internal" users as well as providing users access to the Internet
. NIPRNet is composed of Internet Protocol
routers owned by the United States Department of Defense
(DOD). It was created in the 1980s and managed by the Defense Information Systems Agency
(DISA) to supersede the earlier MILNET
. NIPRNET is the largest private network in the world. Over the last decades it has grown faster than the U.S. Department of Defense can monitor, which is why DoD is spending $10 million 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 will also look for weakness in security. The Department of Defense has made a major effort over the last few years, 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 Homeland Security Department.
SIPRNet
and NIPRNet are referred to colloquially
as sipper-net and nipper-net (or simply sipper and nipper), respectively.
Sensitive but unclassified
Sensitive But Unclassified is a designation of information in the United States federal government that, though unclassified, often requires strict controls over its distribution...
information between "internal" users as well as providing users access to the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. NIPRNet is composed of Internet Protocol
Internet Protocol
The Internet Protocol is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite...
routers owned by the United States Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
(DOD). It was created in the 1980s and managed by the Defense Information Systems Agency
Defense Information Systems Agency
The Defense Information Systems Agency is a United States Department of Defense agency that provides information technology and communications support to the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, the military Services, and the Combatant Commands.As part of the Base Realignment and...
(DISA) to supersede the earlier MILNET
MILNET
In computer networking, MILNET was the name given to the part of the ARPANET internetwork designated for unclassified United States Department of Defense traffic....
. NIPRNET is the largest private network in the world. Over the last decades it has grown faster than the U.S. Department of Defense can monitor, which is why DoD is spending $10 million 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 will also look for weakness in security. The Department of Defense has made a major effort over the last few years, 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 Homeland Security Department.
SIPRNet
SIPRNet
The Secret Internet Protocol Router Network is "a system of interconnected computer networks used by the United States Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of State to transmit classified information by packet switching over the TCP/IP protocols in a 'completely secure' environment"...
and NIPRNet are referred to colloquially
Colloquialism
A colloquialism is a word or phrase that is common in everyday, unconstrained conversation rather than in formal speech, academic writing, or paralinguistics. Dictionaries often display colloquial words and phrases with the abbreviation colloq. as an identifier...
as sipper-net and nipper-net (or simply sipper and nipper), respectively.