25 Nov
2019
25 Nov
'19
2:03 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Noel Chiappa via cctalk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Cc: <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: "First Internet message" and ...
... Can you please provide a crisp, definitive,
technical definition of what an
'intranet' is (similar to the one I just provided for 'internet' -
"disparate
networks tied together with packet switches which examine the internet-layer
headers")?
...
Noel
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Oh goody; when the "intranet" vs. "an internet" vs. "The
Internet" discussion finally gets boring we can argue over the meaning and function
of "switches" vs. "routers" vs. "hubs".
m