SIPRNet

The Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) 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 (up to and including information classified SECRET) via the TCP/IP protocol suite in a completely secure environment. It also provides services such as hypertext document access and electronic mail. As such, SIPRNet is the DoD’s classified version of the civilian Internet together with its counterpart, the TOP SECRET and SCI Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System, JWICS. The NIPRNet is used for unclassified information.

See also

• NIPRNet
• RIPR
• Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS)
• Intellipedia
• Protected Distribution System
• Crisis Response Operations in NATO Operating Systems (CRONOS) is the NATO equivalent of SIPRNet

External links

• »DISA
• »Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET) by the Federation of American Scientists' Intelligence Resource Program
• »Using the SIPRNET - Guide to using the SIPRNet
• »They've Got Learning Locked Down - article detailing U.S. Coast Guard Academy classroom being first to get access to SIPRNet