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PENTAGON TO PUT INTERNET ROUTER -- IN SPACE...

news.bbc.co.uk — The Department of Defense's Iris project will put an internet router in space by the start of 2009. It will allow voice, video and data communications for US troops using standards developed for the internet.

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  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+142So now what happens when you have to reset the router? Lets just hope it's not a linksys.
  • iupetre, on 10/12/2007, -9/+107Hehe... something like this?
    http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/iupetre/routerinspace.jpg
  • crawfishsoul, on 10/12/2007, -2/+87For old-times sake:

    And again, the Internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a big space shuttle.
  • jjk5, on 10/12/2007, -1/+56OAN? Orbital Area Network?
  • Brishen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+55I can just see astronauts in the space shuttle playing Quake against people on the ISS.

    I hope Comcast isn't the ISP
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+51do NOT try to flash the bios during a metero storm or solar flare

    bad idea! trust me, i know from experience
  • spyda45, on 10/12/2007, -0/+43They've chosen Cisco to develop the router (RTFA)... but remember that Cisco's sister company is Linksys. Oh the irony!
  • GTPilot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+42caps got my attention.. i may have missed this otherwise.
  • Xizer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42http://www.pbfcomics.com/archive/PBF032AD-Reset.jpg
  • tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -0/+41In space, no-one can hear you stream.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+37Those ***** Aliens are gonna break the ***** WEP keys.
  • pastasauce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+32I'm pretty sure they'll use WEP and forget to change the default login and password for the router's web interface.
  • SpectralSounds, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31Spaceshuttle wardriving baby!
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+35Put an extra layer on your tinfoil hat!
  • robbiedo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25Ping from Space...

    PING digg.com (64.191.203.30): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 64.191.203.30: icmp_seq=0 ttl=247 time=5100.114 ms
    64 bytes from 64.191.203.30: icmp_seq=1 ttl=247 time=6000.10 ms
  • invinciblechunk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22ZOMG... INTERNET ROUTER IN SPACE...

    IP OVER SATELLITE... NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE...
  • KibibyteBrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19@drathos I can imagine the Mooninites having quite a time trying to score free WiFi.
  • u16085, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19now.. all we need is a .space tld... and thats the start.


    milkyway.domain.mars
    .jupiter
  • markp93, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19Imagine that.. a series of tubes extending to the reaches of space... what will they think of next?
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Noooo! The emos are going to take over the ISS!! ARGH
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Should have gone with WRT54G + DD-WRT or Tomato.
  • Shadez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Well the astronauts need their pron
  • MioTheGreat, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18"Lets just hope it's not a linksys. "

    I'm sure they'd have the foresight to throw dd-wrt on it----
  • moocow1452, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Join the Army... Get free broadband!
  • trevorsm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15...moonjuana?
  • steven401, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14@ThreeDee912

    I CHOSE DOWN.
  • Seidoger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10That just sounds like ANY communication satellite to me...
  • josh1413, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Now China will build a space station to have hackers find ways to hack into that device/network? Or even easier ground based radar to intercept the transmitted signals to and from the satellites? Hope the encryption is good.......
  • GeneralKickass, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10And their digg.

    Dugg.
  • Misaiato, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I read the title and was all set with the Linksys angle... :(

    EDIT: @spyda - Cisco _bought_ Linksys. I think that makes Cisco a parent company. But they paid wayyyy too much.

    http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,2132250,00.htm
  • angusm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10To judge by the ALL CAPS title, the Nigerians are excited about this latest development.

    "Dear Friend ... I am Engineer Kroo Xthpnlt. Following the tragic deaths of the entire Martian invasion force by EARTH BACTERIA as documented by Mr Herbert G. Wells, I have come into possession of six hundred million Martian pfognys. I would like your assistance in moving these funds to Earth and converting them to Earth currency ..."

  • fanfan1313, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Remember The Pirate Bay trying to buy their own country...? This might also work.
  • triont, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Once the aliens see goatse they'll never want to invade this planet!
  • KlayBorg, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Buried as *****.
  • guyver8400, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8BREAKING NEWS: Space WiFi hacked!

    SSID: linksys
    user: admin
    password: admin
  • NikoKun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8one step closer to the global wireless internet grid!
  • LindzUSA, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Maybe this is the start of the 'Interplanetary Internet' http://www.msnbc.com/news/wld/graphics/interplanetary_dw.htm
  • Speed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7War warpdriving...
  • Addp009, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6that was a good movie!
  • ThreeDee912, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Wasn't that from 'War of the Worlds'?
  • etx313, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7It's so the Aliens can 'Jack in'.... then 'Jack off'
  • canewediggit, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10world-fi
  • zadadka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5So they can browse to www.whereistheenemy.mil ...as long as they don't get mixed up with www.wherearethefriendlies.mil ...?
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Lets wifi the moon! and add a starbucks
  • HanSolo69, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5it came from...ROUTERSPACE!!!!!!
  • xXShadowstormXx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5You stole that from a comment @ /.
  • theworldisround, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5is this S.Y.N.A.P.S.E.?
  • JoeBaynham, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Wow how to get the internet in the Internet Router maybe use it as a bridge from a router on earth! Pre-N owns.
    /Sarcasm/
  • kolobcreek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Sweet now our soldiers can enjoy torrent movies in the field.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4could you speak up, I'm a bit deaf in this ear.
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