U.S. Navy Patents the Firewall? 206
Krishna Dagli writes to mention a post by Bruce Schneier on his site indicating that the U.S. Navy may be patenting the Firewall. Whether or not it is their intention to do so is unclear. From the patent description: "In a communication system having a plurality of networks, a method of achieving network separation between first and second networks is described. First and second networks with respective first and second degrees of trust are defined, the first degree of trust being higher than the second degree of trust. Communication between the first and second networks is enabled via a network interface system having a protocol stack, the protocol stack implemented by the network interface system in an application layer."
Ya ha! (Score:5, Funny)
Ah HA! (Score:4, Funny)
Wait, what's this about networks?
Kabooom! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Time to patent my own idea (Score:2, Funny)
In other news... (Score:3, Funny)
The future of warfare (Score:3, Funny)
Countries possessing patents of mass destruction (PMD) will be sanctioned first, and later sued by the Air Force.
If other countries think we kick ass now, wait until they meet our legions of lawyers.
US Navy Stock Price Up (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Government patents? (Score:2, Funny)
Surely not everything? For example, I thought that most of the work of writing new laws was paid for privately by corporations and lobby groups.
No one's said it yet? (Score:3, Funny)
*ducks*