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RE: I don't buy it (radio compromise).

Comment comment by Dereck on 21 September 2006

I originally meant among legit military. But it would be interesting to know if insurgents use the technology as well. While its not even the technology, it’s the service I would think they would have a hard time obtaining.

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RE: I don't buy it (radio compromise). by VnutZ :: NR8

so is cellular/GPRS/BGAN prominent? For mobile intra-domain data and even voice this technology is becoming standard in a lot of sectors.

Cellular - We don't use it for operations, but they were certainly in use for getting in touch with local contacts. The insurgency was using mobile phones quite a bit until the more savvy realized they were traceable and exploitable. It's still the cheapest option for them ... so while the higher level players may use a more technical solution, the bit players utilize their mobile phones for operations.

GPRS & BGAN - We don't use anything like this, at least not mainstream. Pretty much anything used in operational communications must meet the NSAs crypto requirements [Type-1 capable]. While these technologies offer better bandwidth and quality than what we've got ... without an encryption module they're not of much use for military operations. I did find an interesting radio system in use by the British that basically did local VoIP on a short range, 802.11b network. It was quite a brilliant little idea and being based on protocols interpreted by computers lends itself to either 1) being easily broken or 2) remaining cutting edge with upgrades and rotating crypto.

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