Information about the proposed system still appeared thanks to the notification posted on the website of the Office of Advanced Research Projects (DARPA) US Department of Defense, has been actively engaged in promotion of new technologies.
Among the most famous DARPA projects worth mentioning ARPANET project, the precursor of today's Internet.
According to a notification, the DARPA is requesting proposals for the creation, built with the use of "decentralized transaction log" "secure messaging system" to ensure the transmission of encrypted secret information without re-encoding (for open communication channels).
The notice stated:
"The Ministry of Defense critical need to develop a platform of secure messaging and data accessible through a web browser or as a standalone application. The platform must distinguish between the processes of creation and transmission of messages within the secure email service receiving and decrypting messages. "
DARPA suggests to implement the project in three phases.
The first step is to focus on developing a system "built on the principles of existing blokcheyn infrastructure", it is assumed that the current blokcheyn infrastructure, such a structure is Bitcoin can be used directly or as a prototype.
Then, according to the notification, to be the development and implementation of prototypes and industrial versions of the network.
Possible applications
According to DARPA, the proposed system should function as a means of secure communication and information exchange bodies of the Ministry of Defense.
Specific applications include the use of the network for the organization of satellite communications or activities to ensure interagency procurement within the Ministry of Defence:
"With the use of this system can achieve the decentralization of a large part of the management infrastructure of the Ministry of Defence, as well as send instant and secure and to make 'intelligent documents and contracts', thereby reducing the exposure to hacker attacks and reducing unnecessary delays in the processing of correspondence circulated between agencies Ministry of Defense . For example, applications for intra procurement in the military (MIPR) can be implemented using a secure transaction log. "
As a result, it is possible to significantly improve control of the passage of these applications, thanks to the transparency of the distributed transaction logs, explain in DARPA.
Also, the possible use of the network and in real combat conditions. According to DARPA, the messaging system could be applied to ensure the interoperability of troops.
"Ground forces in the absence of direct communication will be an additional means of communication with the staff and the heads of departments and services of the Ministry of Defence can be assured that their logistics system functions effectively, on time and protected from hackers," according to DARPA.
Secure self-destructing messaging system
The US government wants to create a secure messaging service, which it can once commercialized to compete with similar services to him: Whatsapp and Facebook's Telegram Durov brothers.
Office of Advanced Research Projects (DARPA) US Department of Defense, to whom we owe the creation of the Internet, has published an invitation to companies to submit their proposals for the establishment of a reliable messaging platform that the military could be used for secure communication and data - from data intelligence to procurement contracts.
"Ground forces in the absence of direct communication will be an additional means of communication with the staff and the heads of departments and services of the Ministry of Defence can be assured that their logistics system functions effectively, on time and protected from hackers," according to DARPA.
RFQ, which previously reported the British Daily Telegraph, a requirement that a messaging platform must be built using blokcheyn infrastructure, distributed transaction log, the underlying digital currency bitcoin, used to record messages and contracts. The proposal states that a distributed transaction log will allow the military to conduct its work more effectively and safely.
The existing infrastructure of the Pentagon is "inefficient, fragile and prone to cyber-attacks," the document says. "The overhead of maintaining such architectures are growing rapidly."
According to this request, a new messaging platform should provide the ability to create one-off, Self Destruct messages, so messaging apps like Kik and SnapChat, have become so popular with the generation of zero.
Interest Pentagon to blokcheyn built on a secure messaging system occurs at a time when the client-oriented business messaging applications through increasingly include support for encryption - how to protect against the interception of communications by government agencies as well as from potential threats intruders.
If the Pentagon will be able to receive reliable working prototype of this new messaging platform, the DARPA will seek to expand the platform in the interests of the US Army, and perhaps even to commercialize it.