Word: arpanet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pentagon currently relies on the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPAnet), which is also used by thousands of non--military organizations, including universities and private labs...
When asked if universities and private labs should create their own networks to replace ARPAnet, Shattuck said, "Decentralization is often a good idea, and relying on a huge network can be [problematic], as this case shows...
Severing the ARPANET...
...computer system made a more tempting target for WarGames-style mischief than ARPANET, a Defense Department network linking 5,000 subscribers to 318 giant computers in the U.S. Operated by the Advanced Research Projects Agency to give key civilian researchers access to military computers, ARPANET could also be reached over telephone lines by anyone with a home terminal and the proper phone number. Hundreds of "tourists" have roamed through the system, many of them teen-agers who rode it like a magic carpet to computerland. The network's lines have been used for Dungeons & Dragons duels and its electronic...
Last week the Government put an end to the joyride. It broke ARPANET into two separate systems: MILNET for military users and R&DNET for civilians. It was the Government's most drastic step to date against computer penetration. "This is a military system," said one Pentagon official. "It's as if we had this expensive car and always left the keys in the ignition...