Posted on 05/13/2007 5:30:35 AM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4
Eventually, every thing will be blocked but .mil sites.
Hajji Mart will be selling a lot of satellite dishes.
Hmmm. This sounds more like the “official” explanation. Today’s network backbones, even those owned by the DoD, are pretty capable of handling these kinds of loads. I call BS.
I pay a nominal monthly fee for a local Iraqi service that I can use from my quarters in the evenings to gain access to the fun stuff. I brought my own personal laptop with me and now I'm VERY glad I did.
You’re calling it wrong. The buffet on the internet is about to change with per megabyte usage charges. The DOD is just in front of the curve on this one.
ping
“Inappropriate content, get back to work.”
(Sunday morning fat fingers and no coffee yet.)
“are pretty capable of handling these kinds of loads. I call BS.”
It’s not BS. Streaming audio and video will kill a network faster than just about anything, especially one that tries to be secure and centralized for those same security reasons.
They have to crackdown on this because China complained their downloading of all US military computer data is taking too long.
proxy ISP’s.
If security is an issue, why is there a NIPR? (Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network)
Eventually, some JAG weenie will declare that sites which are not blocked are endorsed by J-6, followed by J-6 blocking every thing but .mil
“Streaming audio and video will kill a network faster than...”
Agreed. Esp in remote or poor-wire/fibre service exists.....fact is, for lots of military use the broadband GEO’s are used to provide very local (wired) LANs for official use......thus it is very often a spectrum problem.
Here is some Sat ISP info for US bases in Iraq.....
http://www.satellite-provider.pl/iraq-us-army.html
” jesus christ what a stupid explanation.”
Calm down, my friend. If you’d ever managed an enterprise network, you’d know that it isn’t such a stupid explanantion.
Security, on one hand favors a low number of “chokepoints” while bandwidth demands a more distributed number of “chokepoints”. Do the math. Even a modest 100kBps data stream multiplied over tens of thousands of users is a formidable data stream, especially when you consider remote links that are almost always bandwidth starved.
Internet Radio is used by many users just like a regular radio.....you turn it on, and leave it on all day....and mute the audio when you get a phone call - still consuming bandwidth.
Add video sites like YouTube and.....you kill your network.
That seems incredibly unlikely, at this point in time.
What would lead you to believe that?
“Its not BS. Streaming audio and video will kill a network faster than just about anything, especially one that tries to be secure and centralized for those same security reasons.”
Bingo. I had to shut down IDS (Block ports) when I was at Camp Doha, KU. Also, where I am these days Unclass network is DOG slow. (This has to do with a whole bunch of stuff {like overloading the OS on all the systems with every security checking device and filter known to man} but Streaming Voice/videpo is a major contributing factor).
Hang a sniffer {if you can.... :-)} and see the traffic spike when video is played....
At least I can still access FR.
< fingers crossed>
I lost more than half (65%) the traffic on my network when I eliminated non-work related streaming sites.
Incidentally, I also monitored the network for a week before turning it on, and was amazed at some of the sites that people were visiting.....hardcore, everything....all traceable directly to the individual
That's what blocks my Photobucket.
And get this...it blocks my ability to do a keyword search on the Federal Acquisition Regulations site. Go figure.
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