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Just in case all that thick armour isn't enough protection on the battlefield, a firewall has been developed that can be fitted to tanks.
The ruggedised MESHnet Firewall for use in battlefield vehicles has been unveiled by Secure Computing and General Dynamics Canada.
General Dynamics said the confidentiality of communications between armoured vehicles can be crucial to soldiers' safety.
It said operations require data to be shared between brigades, coalitions and even civil authorities, and the firewall protects networks by monitoring data flow to ensure only authorised data is exchanged.
Mike Smart, Secure Computing's EMEA product manager told silicon.com: "For us there clearly is a need for having a device that protects a PC - even if it has wheels or caterpillar tracks.
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1. Chris Goodman
All these things are very nice, but without the infantry soldier on the ground to take and hold territory it is all rather pointless.
It seems that the basic purpose of a fighting soldier is forgotten - to kill the enemy without being killed oneself.
2. Roger Huffadine
April 1st today? - No - a firewall for battlefield communications?
So we have to assume that the message encryption is vulnerable - and that [somehow] the firewall is not going to produce its own vulnerability of a DoS [Denial of Service] attack by being swamped with data to 'filter'.
This looks like Form over Function from another marketing department.
I know Steve - you only picked this subject 'cos you knew folk like me would get wound up about it ;))