The curse of software: Pentagon telecommunications case

摘要

A main goal of the paper is to discuss the world telecommunications strategy in transition to the IP world. The paper discuss the shifting from circuit switching to packet switching in telecommunications and show the main obstacle is excessive software. As a case, we are passing through the three generations of American military communications: (1) implementation of signaling protocol SS7 and Advanced Intelligent Network, (2) transformation from SS7 to IP protocol and, finally, (3) the extremely ambitious cybersecurity issues. We use the newer unclassified open Defense Information Systems Agency documents, particularly: Department of Defense Information Enterprise Architecture; Unified Capabilities the Army. We discuss the newer US Government Accountability Office (2018) report on military equipment cyber vulnerabilities.