Defense Department Blocks Social Websites From Their Networks In Iraq

[DudeAsInCool]

Here is an interesting development. Since soldiers can still use private Internet Cafe's, one wonders why this order makes any sense:

"It just got tougher to do that for Zimmerman and a lot of other U.S. soldiers. No more using the military's computer system to socialize and trade videos on MySpace, YouTube and nine other Web sites, the Pentagon says.

Citing security concerns and technological limits, the Pentagon has cut off access to those sites for personnel using the Defense Department's computer network. The change limits use of the popular outlets for service members on the front lines, who regularly post videos and journals."

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[NelsonG]

Google "myspace proxy" and you'll find tons of ways to get around a simple web address filter. Then there's also knowing that myspace.com is http://216.178.38.121/ or using Google Translating service as a proxy ... example http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=e...www.myspace.com

If they are thinking about protecting privacy etc, they'd better get to filtering packets of information, IP's, and word filtering. That would not make it impossible, but make it 10x harder to figure out.

[CTC Command]

I am sure the Decider and Uncle Dick have this covered...