"First Internet message" and ...

[Mike Stein]

----- 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".

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