What does FIDNet stand for?

Federal Intrusion Detection Network (Federal Computer Incident Response Center; now defunct)

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Information technology (IT) and computers
Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The original plan for the Federal Intrusion Detection Network, or Fidnet, created an uproar this summer among civil libertarians and others who complained that the system could be used to track people who contacted government agencies online.

GOVERNMENT MODIFIES COMPUTER SECURITY PLAN -- CRITICS HAD CONCERNS ...

They fear that the Federal Intrusion Detection Network (FIDNET) will be unleashed on private sector computer networks as well as on government systems, and that the data collected through it will be passed to the military.

Administration Promises Legal Study of FBI Surveillance Net