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<h2 id="access">Access</h2> <p>According to the U.S. Department of State Web Development Handbook, domain structure and naming conventions are the same as for the open internet, except for the addition of a <a href="/facts/Second-level_domain/unn2I08J">second-level domain</a>, like, e.g., "sgov" between state and gov: openforum.state.sgov.gov.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Files originating from SIPRNet are marked by a header tag "SIPDIS" (SIPrnet DIStribution).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> A corresponding second-level domain smil.mil exists for DoD users.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>Access is also available to a "...small pool of trusted allies, including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand...".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> This group (including the US) is known as the <a href="/facts/Five_Eyes/7lnSYxYh">Five Eyes</a>. </p><p>SIPRNet was one of the networks accessed by <a href="/facts/Chelsea_Manning/Fa9tFdvn">Chelsea Manning</a>, convicted of leaking the video used in <a href="/facts/WikiLeaks/rm4lC2cD">WikiLeaks</a>' "<a href="/facts/Collateral_Murder/W8xjae0P">Collateral Murder</a>" release<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> as well as the source of the <a href="/facts/United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak/k0Eo5TXt">US diplomatic cables</a> published by WikiLeaks in November 2010.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="alternate-names">Alternate names</h2> <p>SIPRNet and <a href="/facts/NIPRNet/9hekwwP2">NIPRNet</a> are referred to <a href="/facts/Colloquialism/HvEweYjS">colloquially</a> as <i>SIPPERnet</i> and <i>NIPPERnet</i> (or simply <i>sipper</i> and <i>nipper</i>), respectively.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/CAVNET/z1xsPx9C">CAVNET</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Classified_website/YfoXS72P">Classified website</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/NIPRNet/9hekwwP2">NIPRNet</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/RIPR/vy0T5WUb">RIPR</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Intellipedia/eqeR486X">Intellipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Protective_distribution_system/sldRewWQ">Protective distribution system</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/NATO_CRONOS/5IufdQwq">NATO CRONOS</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.disa.mil/services/data.html">DISA</a></li> <li><a href="https://fas.org/irp/program/disseminate/siprnet.htm">Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET)</a> by the Federation of American Scientists' Intelligence Resource Program</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090625115648/http://www.admissions.uscga.edu/i2e/news/news_details.asp?CID=367">They've Got Learning Locked Down</a> – article detailing U.S. Coast Guard Academy classroom being first to get access to SIPRNet</li> <li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11863618">BBC Article on SIPRNet</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Us defense information systems agency handbook. [Place of publication not identified]: Intl Business Pubns Usa. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4330-5548-5. OCLC 946756401. <a href="978-1-4330-5548-5" target="_blank">978-1-4330-5548-5</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET)". Federation of American Scientists' Intelligence Resource Program. Archived from the original on July 26, 1997. Retrieved 12 December 2010. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19970726161029/http://www.fas.org/irp/program/disseminate/siprnet.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/19970726161029/http://www.fas.org/irp/program/disseminate/siprnet.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Handbook Volume 5 Handbook 8 - Web Development Handbook: 5 FAH-8 H-342.2 ClassNet Standards". U.S. Department of State. 29 September 2005. Retrieved 12 Jan 2016. <a href="https://fam.state.gov/FAM/05FAH08/05FAH080340.html#H342_2" target="_blank">https://fam.state.gov/FAM/05FAH08/05FAH080340.html#H342_2</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Siprnet: Where the leaked cables came from". BBC. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11863618" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11863618</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Grimes, John G. (14 April 2008). "Internet Domain Name Use and Approval" (PDF). Department of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2010. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821164020/http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/841001p.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100821164020/http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/841001p.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Field, Michael (2 December 2010). "NZ way down the WikiLeaks queue". Fairfax New Zealand. Retrieved 17 December 2010. <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4415037/NZ-way-down-the-WikiLeaks-queue" target="_blank">http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4415037/NZ-way-down-the-WikiLeaks-queue</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Poulsen, Kevin; Zetter, Kim (6 June 2010). "U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe". Wired. Retrieved 15 June 2010. <a href="https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/leak/" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/leak/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Leigh, David (28 November 2010). "US embassy cables leak sparks global diplomacy crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 November 2010. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/28/us-embassy-cable-leak-diplomacy-crisis" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/28/us-embassy-cable-leak-diplomacy-crisis</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Definition of NIPRNet". PCMag. n.d. Retrieved 18 August 2021. <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/niprnet" target="_blank">https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/niprnet</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Harold F. Tipton; Micki Krause Nozaki (2010). Information Security Management Handbook, Volume 4 (6th ed.). CRC Press. p. 67. ISBN 9781439819036. <a href="9781439819036" target="_blank">9781439819036</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>