Jeff,
You might be better served doing something like that behind a .mil if you and others have access. Its good for FOUO type stuff. I think if you want an UNCLASS "project" thread you might PM Dave or Bill. Regards, Rob
Jeff,
You might be better served doing something like that behind a .mil if you and others have access. Its good for FOUO type stuff. I think if you want an UNCLASS "project" thread you might PM Dave or Bill. Regards, Rob
I think I've solved it. I set up a free Campfire account. I'll put up a general announcement here at SWC and then set up a private Campfire room for the actual discussion. Thanks for the feedback, Rob.
We can keep this inside the SWC with a private board that will not be indexed by Google (or any other search engine) and open to those who the 'thread leader' designates as members. Advise and we will make it so.
Just so there is no confusion about SWC private boards - there are three for the moderators (SWC board issues, how to / best practices), one for peer review of SWJ online magazine article submissions (editing), one for our bloggers (blogging tips and info) and others that have been requested by members (and sometimes non-members until they sign up for the board) where they can work out an issue, always unclassified, amongst a community of interest. This varies widely - everything from an instructor working out a new course outline to a study project lead seeking a collaborative environment with project members...
These boards / threads are in no way some type of private club and we will not entertain requests for private chat rooms. That said though, anyone who has a requirement for an official or institutional project or in support of a study or authoring of an article or book can request one from us and we will try to oblige.
Last edited by SWJED; 12-02-2007 at 06:40 AM.
On a related topic I have often considered asking if any of our military or DOD civilian members would be interested in starting some conversations on the SIPR. I am not really sure if that would be practical or worth the effort and it would exclude a lot of our members but it is something I have been kicking around in my head for some time.
SFC W
Ditto to SWJED's post.
Not "everything" on this site is indexed by, e.g., Google. The bots aren't members, so they can't get to the forums that you have to be signed in to see. That includes the Members Only parent forum and all its child forums. Similarly, those forums do not feed to the RSS feed or to the "new threads" section on our SWJ home page. Which is both a blessing and a curse.
We have restricted our site at the server level, not user permissions, from most known malicious bots. The site is open to the "good" ones like Googlebot, etc.
This sort of semi-non-public thing is often referred to as the darknet -- not really secure, but not generally open to just anyone.
While this is pseudo-privileged, it is NOT SIPR. Absolutely no classified.
FOUO is a handling instruction, not a classification, and is always a red-headed step child. There are plenty of darknet FOUO sites out there. We have no intention of being one. To keep it simple, no FOUO, either. Members only or otherwise.
Last edited by SWCAdmin; 12-02-2007 at 06:23 PM. Reason: to be more thorough
You should be able to use robots.txt to dictate what is and is not indexed by Google, if I remember correctly. However, keeping at least a few areas open enables new members to stumble across the community and expands the membership base.
Welcome to the Board. Why not go here LINK and give us a brief intro by tacking a new comment on the Thread. You can scroll up and get an idea what others have said. Thanks.
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