Comments on: US Army Combat PDA http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/us_army_combat_pda/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:35:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jhn'1 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/us_army_combat_pda/comment-page-1/#comment-18977 Jhn'1 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=6552#comment-18977 My concern would be security. How to stop (or even reduce) the harm possible if the bad guys get ahold of one. Long passwords are probably unrealistically unwieldy, and a problem if the unit needs to authenticate in battle. I can "see" a unit being ambushed specifically to get one of these from the corpse. Some time would pass before the unit was discovered compromised and the potential intelligence in the interval ... My concern would be security. How to stop (or even reduce) the harm possible if the bad guys get ahold of one. Long passwords are probably unrealistically unwieldy, and a problem if the unit needs to authenticate in battle. I can "see" a unit being ambushed specifically to get one of these from the corpse. Some time would pass before the unit was discovered compromised and the potential intelligence in the interval ...

]]> By: The Bejus Pundit http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/us_army_combat_pda/comment-page-1/#comment-18978 The Bejus Pundit Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=6552#comment-18978 <strong>If "Kewl" were something I say, I'd say "Kewl"...</strong> It's a good thing I don't say "Kewl", eh? This is completley off the "Kewl-meter". The U.S. Army is sending more than three hundred Commander's Digital Assistant (CDA) hand held computers to Iraq with platoon leaders and company commanders later... If "Kewl" were something I say, I'd say "Kewl"...
It's a good thing I don't say "Kewl", eh? This is completley off the "Kewl-meter". The U.S. Army is sending more than three hundred Commander's Digital Assistant (CDA) hand held computers to Iraq with platoon leaders and company commanders later...

]]> By: Random Jottings http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/us_army_combat_pda/comment-page-1/#comment-18979 Random Jottings Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=6552#comment-18979 <strong>cool gadgets....</strong> Combat PDA's ...The U.S. Army is sending more than three hundred Commander’s Digital Assistant (CDA) hand held computers to Iraq with platoon leaders and company commanders later this year. This CDA is a new design, based on experience with CDAs... --- cool gadgets....
Combat PDA's ...The U.S. Army is sending more than three hundred Commander’s Digital Assistant (CDA) hand held computers to Iraq with platoon leaders and company commanders later this year. This CDA is a new design, based on experience with CDAs...

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