If the Internet as we know it is accessible to everyone and from anywhere (almost) the world must not forget that the network - or rather Arpanet, the precursor - was originally designed to allow military computers to communicate with them, even if a nuclear attack.

Security and Privacy

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the research agency of the U.S. military has announced having confided to several companies developing a network protocol "military" (MNP, "Military Network Protocol) separate TCP / IP used on the Internet. Lockheed Martin, Anagran, Juniper Networks, LGS Innovations, or Microsoft, but also the famous Stanford University and should have funding of approximately $ 31 million.

Ultra-Secure, the new network protocol will provide a system of priorities assigned to users and machines connected and be able to dynamically allocate bandwidth between users or user groups. A sort of Internet II, therefore, but reserved for military...