Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-sem.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!brl-sem!ron From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie ) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Saving the net Message-ID: <547@brl-sem.ARPA> Date: Sat, 23-Nov-85 00:26:37 EST Article-I.D.: brl-sem.547 Posted: Sat Nov 23 00:26:37 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 24-Nov-85 07:20:57 EST References: <674@neuro1.UUCP> <855@vortex.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 20 > P.S. When I say ARPANET above, I refer to ARPANET/MILNET (DDN) of course. > From the ARPANET directory: > > "The ARPANET is on operational DoD network and is not intended to > compete with comparable commercial service..." > Sorry, Lauren, but this is OBSOLETE. DDN (as opposed to ARPANET) itself is the government intersite data network. > ... > > "The ARPANET is intended to be used solely for the conduct of or in > support of official U.S. Government business..." > True for DDN as well.