On 10/20/21 18:08, Mel Beckman wrote:
Mark,
Before 1983, the ARPANET wasn’t an internet, let alone The Internet.
Each ARPANET connection required a host-specific interface (the “IMP”)
and simplex Network Control Protocol (NCP). NCP used users'
email addresses, and routing had to be specified in advance within
each NCP message.
I do know all of this, mate... I was just being dramatically facetious
from my first response to the OP.
My point being that considering how long TCP/IP has been around, the
best monitoring we have gotten, even today, doesn't work out-of-the-box.
So a single solution is likely impractical, even with the best of
intentions, and none of the massaging.
Even so, the Internet as a platform open to anyone didn’t start until
1992. I know you joined late, in 1999, so you probably missed out on
this history. :)
1995, actually. But that's not important...
Mark.