Editing NIPRNet

{{Short description|One of the United States Department of Defense's three main networks}}
{{Other uses of|NIPR}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

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|controlledby   = The United States Department of Defense
|partof         = The United States Department of Defense Computer Networks
|country        = Based in United States
|open_to_public = No
}}

The '''Non-classified Internet Protocol (IP) Router Network'''<ref>[http://www.disa.mil/Network-Services/Enterprise-Connections/Acronyms DISA acronym list]</ref> ('''NIPRNet''') is an IP network used to exchange unclassified information, including [[Controlled Unclassified Information|information subject to controls on distribution]],<ref>[http://disa.mil/Services/Network-Services/Data/SBU-IP DISA website, "Sensitive but Unclassified IP Data (formerly known as NIPRNet)"]</ref> among the private network's users. The NIPRNet also provides its users access to the [[Internet]].

It is one of the United States Department of Defense's three main networks. The others include [[SIPRNet]] and [[Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System|JWICS]].<ref>Clarke, R. A., Knake, R. K. (2012) ''Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to do About it.'' New York, United States: HarperCollins.</ref>

== History ==
NIPRNet is composed of [[Internet Protocol]] [[Router (computing)|routers]] owned by the [[United States Department of Defense]] (DOD). It was created in the 1980s and managed by the [[Defense Information Systems Agency]] (DISA) to supersede the earlier [[MILNET]].<ref name="anon">[http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htiw/articles/20100123.aspx Anon, "Lost in the NIPRNET", January 2010, (Accessed 19 April 2011, 6:01pm PST)]</ref>

=== Security improvements ===
In the year leading up to 2010 NIPRNet has grown faster than the U.S. Department of Defense can monitor. DoD spent $10 million in 2010 to map out the current state of the NIPRNet, in an effort to analyze its expansion, and identify unauthorized users, who are suspected to have quietly joined the network.<ref name="anon"/> The NIPRNet survey, which uses IPSonar software developed by [[Lumeta Corporation]], also looked for weakness in security caused by network configuration.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130819161528/http://www.defensenews.com/article/20100118/DEFFEAT01/1180306/Mapping-Pentagon-s-Networks Mapping the Pentagon's Networks | Defense News]. defensenews.com (24 February 2014). Retrieved 2014-04-12.</ref> The Department of Defense has made a major effort in the year leading up to 2010, to improve [[network security]]. The Pentagon announced it was requesting $2.3 billion in the 2012 budget to bolster network security within the Defense Department and to strengthen ties with its counterparts at the [[Department of Homeland Security]].<ref>{{Cite web|title="Pentagon seeks $3.2 billion for revised cyber budget" March, 2011 (Accessed 19 April 2011)|url=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110324_2474.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317123045/http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110324_2474.php|archive-date=17 March 2012|access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref>

== Alternative names ==
[[SIPRNet]] and NIPRNet are referred to [[colloquialism|colloquially]] as ''SIPPERnet'' and ''NIPPERnet'' (or simply ''sipper'' and ''nipper''), respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of NIPRNet |url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/niprnet |website=PCMag |access-date=18 August 2021 |date=n.d.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Harold F. Tipton |author2=Micki Krause Nozaki |title=Information Security Management Handbook, Volume 4 |date=2010 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=9781439819036 |page=67 |edition=6th |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jDHNBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA67}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Classified website]]
* [[SIPRNet]]
* [[RIPR]]
* [[Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System]] (JWICS)
* [[Intellipedia]]
* [[Protective distribution system]]
* [[NATO CRONOS]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://disa.mil DISA]
* [https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/555514 Army and Defense Knowledge Online]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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