[ih] 'internet' and "Internet"

[Dave Crocker]

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*From: *touch at strayalpha.com
*To: *dcrocker at bbiw.net
*CC: *Jack Haverty <jack at 3kitty.org>; Internet History list <internet-history at elists.isoc.org>; Dave Crocker <dhc at dcrocker.net>
*Date: *Aug 7, 2023 7:25:04 PM
*Subject: *Re: [ih] 'internet' and "Internet"

>> On Aug 7, 2023, at 7:09 PM, Dave Crocker via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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>> 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?
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>> I suggest a simple basis for answering this:
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>> 1. Posit 'global' operational semantics.  Ports, DNS, etc.
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> https://www.strayalpha.com/internet-rights/
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>> 2. If a network constrains or alters that semantic, it is an Internet,
>>   but is not (fully) part of /the/ Internet.
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> It *could be* an internet. The question is what’s “an internet” at that point - just using IP won’t work as a definition. 
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> But yeah, IMO, basically.
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> Joe
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Why?