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Pentagon internet mystery...AP Story
Posted on 4/24/21 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 4/24/21 at 8:30 pm
A very strange thing happened on the internet the day President Joe Biden was sworn in. A shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank announced to the world’s computer networks that it was now managing a colossal, previously idle chunk of the internet owned by the U.S. Department of Defense.
That real estate has since more than quadrupled to 175 million addresses — about 1/25th the size of the current internet.
“It is massive. That is the biggest thing in the history of the internet,” said Doug Madory, director of internet analysis at Kentik, a network operating company. It’s also more than twice the size of the internet space actually used by the Pentagon.
“As to why the DoD would have done that I’m a little mystified, same as you,” said Paul Vixie, an internet pioneer credited with designing its naming system and the CEO of Farsight Security.
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That real estate has since more than quadrupled to 175 million addresses — about 1/25th the size of the current internet.
“It is massive. That is the biggest thing in the history of the internet,” said Doug Madory, director of internet analysis at Kentik, a network operating company. It’s also more than twice the size of the internet space actually used by the Pentagon.
“As to why the DoD would have done that I’m a little mystified, same as you,” said Paul Vixie, an internet pioneer credited with designing its naming system and the CEO of Farsight Security.
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Posted on 4/24/21 at 8:47 pm to 1loyalbamafan
So for uneducated on hacking, what does this suggest they are doing?
Posted on 4/24/21 at 9:46 pm to Fatboy22
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what does this suggest they are doing?
I don't have a clue.
The pentagon invented the Arpanet, its initial purpose was to link computers at Pentagon-funded research institutions.
Whatever it is, it's spooky.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 5:23 am to 1loyalbamafan
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its initial purpose was to link computers at Pentagon-funded research institutions
If this is the official story then it's false.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 10:40 am to 1loyalbamafan
If I had to make a guess I would say the Biden administration decided to not so quietly unleash US cyber warfare capabilities. It is fairly widely known that should we so desire we have the means and ability to shut down just about any computer network on the planet, including turning the power off all over Russia and China.
Now I don't think we are going to go that far, for one thing that would likely spark a war, but my guess would be that we are announcing we are tired of this whole hacking business. I suspect it is one of those shot across the bow sort of things where we let people know we are getting irritated.
Now I don't think we are going to go that far, for one thing that would likely spark a war, but my guess would be that we are announcing we are tired of this whole hacking business. I suspect it is one of those shot across the bow sort of things where we let people know we are getting irritated.
Posted on 4/26/21 at 6:08 pm to Wtodd
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If this is the official story then it's false.
It wasn't the reason to start the internet? Do tell.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 6:28 am to Fatboy22
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It wasn't the reason to start the internet? Do tell.
You need me to tell you the Government lies to you? Every official story is false.
Posted on 4/29/21 at 11:32 am to Wtodd
In 1969, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) — the US defense department’s research branch which today is known as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) — built a computer network called ARPANet.
ARPANet linked computers at universities, government agencies, and defense contractors around the world — in many ways, it was the precursor of the Internet as we know it today. By 1975, ARPANet grew into a network spanning over 60 nodes....
The first to envision the concept of the internet was Leonard Kleinrock, in his famous paper entitled “Information Flow in Large Communication Nets” on May 31, 1961.
In 1962, J.C.R. Licklider spoke about his vision of a “galactic network”. Later, his ideas would become the foundation work for ARPANet founded by Robert Taylor.
In the early 1980s, Tim Berners-Lee, while working at CERN, experimented with hypertext and designed a system for academics to users to link together research documents, similar to a modern-day wiki. This system was essentially the first version of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).
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..but that is not what my original post was about. Not who or why ARPAnet/internet was established.
I'm just curious why a very obscure company needs control of so much virtual infrastructure, and the timing of it.
ARPANet linked computers at universities, government agencies, and defense contractors around the world — in many ways, it was the precursor of the Internet as we know it today. By 1975, ARPANet grew into a network spanning over 60 nodes....
The first to envision the concept of the internet was Leonard Kleinrock, in his famous paper entitled “Information Flow in Large Communication Nets” on May 31, 1961.
In 1962, J.C.R. Licklider spoke about his vision of a “galactic network”. Later, his ideas would become the foundation work for ARPANet founded by Robert Taylor.
In the early 1980s, Tim Berners-Lee, while working at CERN, experimented with hypertext and designed a system for academics to users to link together research documents, similar to a modern-day wiki. This system was essentially the first version of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).
LINK
..but that is not what my original post was about. Not who or why ARPAnet/internet was established.
I'm just curious why a very obscure company needs control of so much virtual infrastructure, and the timing of it.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 5:24 am to 1loyalbamafan
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a very obscure company
They're the CIA and they're spies
Posted on 5/3/21 at 8:08 am to 1loyalbamafan
Well that’s not true, because everybody knows Al Gore invented the internet.
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