MILNET
The MILNET (Abbreviation for Mil itary Net work ; German Military Network ) was a military communications network of the US armed forces .
description
It emerged in 1983 from the ARPANET . The ARPANET was originally a joint project of scientific and military institutions. From 1983, for security reasons, this was divided into two parts: the military MILNET and the now scientific ARPANET, from which the Internet later developed. In the transition phase, both networks were linked by gateways .
In the course of the 1980s, the MILNET was expanded to the Defense Data Network , a worldwide system of diverse military networks with different security levels. In the 1990s, the MILNET became the NIPRNet .
See also
- Defense Switched Network (associated telephone network)
- Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (successor system of Defense Data Networks, sub-networks DSNET-2 for Top Secret and DSNET-3 for Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information)
- Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (successor system to Defense Data Network, subnet DSNET-1 for information up to secret level)
literature
- J. Abbate: Inventing the Internet. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1999
- Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon: ARPA KADABRA or The History of the Internet. dpunkt-Verlag, Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 3-932588-59-2
- PH Salus: Casting the Net: From ARPANET to INTERNET and beyond ... Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass. 1995
- John Naughton: A Brief History of the Future: The Origins of the Internet. Phoenix, London 2000
- Martin Schmitt: "Internet in the Cold War. A prehistory of the global communication network." Transcript, Bielefeld 2016, ISBN 978-3-8376-3681-9 Introduction
Web links
Commons : MILNET - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
