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Dear Google, I'm new to this. Care to explain what is this "public Internet" you talk about? I always thought there was only the Internet. Thank You
by chintan 16y ago
Dear Google,
I'm new to this. Care to explain what is this "public Internet" you talk about? I always thought there was only the Internet.
Thank You
- moultano 16y agoYour cable comes in over the same lines that your internet does.
- alecco 16y agoAnd that's Internet how?
- sorbus 16y agoSites only accessible to people on a network which is linked to the internet are not part of the public internet (for instance, my router's configuration page is most definitely not part of the public internet). A proprietary browser-based application running inside of a corporate network would not be part of the public internet, unless it is specifically designed to be accessible to anyone with a browser. The basic rule of thumb I would use is that something is on the public internet if anyone with a browser in a country with no filtering of the internet can reach it, given the proper passwords and so forth (and without using a VPN or similar tunneling to make it appear that they're elsewhere).
- chintan 16y agoYou are confusing between internet and the Internet. Google said public Internet.
- sorbus 16y agoWould you mind explaining the difference between them, other than that one is capitalized while the other is not, then? Focus on how I would be inaccurate if I replaced every instance of "internet" with "Internet" in my previous post.
- mkramlich 16y agoTechnically the Internet was named so because it was an "inter-network" of networks (for example, intranets.) So some subsets of the overall Internet have always been privately owned and controlled (eg., ISP's and internal company networks), and parts were more "public" or at least operated by commercial carriers who were supposedly neutral (and therefore not responsible for) payload.