Secret Internet Protocol Router Network

Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) is "a system of interconnected computer networks used by the United States Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of State to transmit classified information (up to and including information classified SECRET) by packet switching over the TCP/IP protocols in a 'completely secure' environment". It also provides services such as hypertext document access and electronic mail. As such, SIPRNet is the DoD's classified version of the civilian Internet.
SIPRNet is the SECRET component of the Defense Information Systems Network.


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 Second-level domain, like, e.g., "sgov" between state and gov: openforum.state.sgov.gov. Files originating from SIPRNET are marked by a header tag "SIPDIS" (SIPrnet DIStribution). A corresponding Second-level domain smil.mil exists for DoD users.
According to the Pentagon, SIPRNet has approximately half a million users. Access is also available to a "small pool of trusted allies, including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
SIPRNet was one of the networks accessed by Bradley Manning, who allegedly leaked the video used in WikiLeaks' "Collateral Murder" release as well as the source of the US diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks in November 2010.