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If they needed to use a sneakernet because of a low bandwidth link, it seems like they could eventually migrate to a system with the ability to transfer encrypt
by rbranson 16y ago
If they needed to use a sneakernet because of a low bandwidth link, it seems like they could eventually migrate to a system with the ability to transfer encrypted copies to removable media. Any other trusted computer on the network could download a key to decode the data, while making the keys unavailable to the end user (at least to the greatest degree possible).
- eli 16y agoIt's not low bandwidth link; it's intentional design. Secure computers are not able to connect to the outside world.
- rbranson 16y agoFrom the article: "...classified computers are often disconnected from the network, or are in low-bandwidth areas."
- krschultz 16y agoI think Wired is confused. Classified computers are almost always disconnected from the internet. In fact I haven't seen a computer with the combination of internet connection and approval to access classified documents. So yes, they are low bandwidth. But all of the classified computers are networked together. Recall Pfc Manning pulled the files from a database that he leaked. The bandwidth between the classified network and the nonclassified network is almost always zero or extremely limited (or might have to go through a person who literally weeds through the files one at a time and could accurately be described as "low bandwidth"). So any time you are circumventing that protection using removable media you are breaking the protocol. Just look at Stuxnet for the reason why other that Wikileaks.