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.