[ih] 'internet' and "Internet"

[touch at strayalpha.com]

> On Aug 7, 2023, at 7:09 PM, Dave Crocker via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> On 8/7/2023 6:14 PM, Jack Haverty via Internet-history wrote:
>> But I don't know what is "practice" today.   Do corporations still have their own private internets?   Or have they actually all migrated to the Internet and somehow addressed all of the security concerns?
> 
> I suggest a simple basis for answering this:
> 
> 1. Posit 'global' operational semantics.  Ports, DNS, etc.

https://www.strayalpha.com/internet-rights/

> 2. If a network constrains or alters that semantic, it is an Internet,
>   but is not (fully) part of /the/ Internet.

It *could be* an internet. The question is what’s “an internet” at that point - just using IP won’t work as a definition. 

But yeah, IMO, basically.

Joe