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ARPANET Information Brochure (1985) [pdf]

102 points by Lammy 4y ago

stingraycharles 4y ago
It seems like the site is overloaded. Does anyone have a mirror?
- Lammy 4y ago
  Try this: https://web.archive.org/web/20220519210505/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA164353.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220519210505/https://apps.dtic...
- ArtWomb 4y ago
  Appears *.mil load balancers have responded quickly to the hug, was able to fetch in <1ms ;) Any docs like this for US DoD private networks in 2022? Purely for academic research purposes of course! Just browsing the rest the site for pdfs turns up cool def tech like this: The Directed Energy Warfare Office (DEWO) and Directed Energy Division at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) merge past research and data with continuous innovation in the field of high-power microwave(s) (HPM) to address the critical need for nonlethal, nonkinetic weapon(...) https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA557875.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA557875.pdf
  - Lammy 4y ago
    In some cases you may have better luck with Wayback Machine for projects whose websites have moved around multiple domains over the years, especially since older documents may be left behind during website redesigns. Take the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate, for example. Their website was… - here during the years 1999–2006: https://web.archive.org/web/20060921043148/http://www.de.afrl.af.mil/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060921043148/http://www.de.afr... - here during the years 2009–2016: https://web.archive.org/web/20160428181404/http://www.kirtland.af.mil/afrl_de/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160428181404/http://www.kirtla... - ??? during the years 2017–2020 - here during the years 2020-present, but missing all the fun stuff! https://www.afrl.af.mil/RD/ https://www.afrl.af.mil/RD/ It's interesting to be able to go back and see what my tax dollars have funded over the years, like in this 2002 photo of a 50-kilowatt CO² LASER setting a test target on fire: https://web.archive.org/web/20070315131556/http://www.de.afrl.af.mil/factsheets/letf.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20070315131556/http://www.de.afr...
  - woodruffw 4y ago
    I don't know of any up-to-date network diagrams for DoD networks, but here are the relevant ones to look up: SIPRNET and NIPRNET for secret and nonclassified materials, respectively, NMIS/GWAN for NRO (TS), NSANet for NSA (TS/SCI), DSNET/JWICS (DoD wide, up to and including TS/SCI). There's also FBINET, which is classified up to secret, but doesn't have as much information online.
contingencies 4y ago
See also https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA166324 https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA166324
ggm 4y ago
A small number of the names in the IAB Task force and secretariat list are still active. I recognise a few of these from IETF, and related activity: Applications Bob Thomas BBNCC Gateway Algorithms and Data Structures Dave Mills M/A-COM Interoperability and Autonomous Systems Robert Cole UCL New End to End Services Bob Braden UCLA Privacy Steve Kent BBNCC Robustness and Survivability Jim Mathis SRI Security Ray McFarland DOD Tactical Internetting David Hartmann MITRE " Testing Ed Cain DlEC LAB officers are: Internet Architect Dave Clark MIT Deputy Internet Architect Jon Pastel ISI DARPA Program Manager Dennis Perry DARPA TAB Secretary Chris Perry MITRE
tempodox 4y ago
Too bad the scans are so lo-fi. I wish historical documents like this were preserved in better quality.
- ale42 4y ago
  The scans are actually not too bad... it's the original material that has been scanned that looks like multiply-photocopied pages... analog generation loss.
Terry_Roll 4y ago
Whats interesting is some of the old information can probably be used to deduce tactical weaknesses that will still be relevant today.

102 points by Lammy 4y ago

stingraycharles 4y ago

It seems like the site is overloaded. Does anyone have a mirror?

Lammy 4y ago
Try this: https://web.archive.org/web/20220519210505/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA164353.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220519210505/https://apps.dtic...
ArtWomb 4y ago
Appears *.mil load balancers have responded quickly to the hug, was able to fetch in <1ms ;) Any docs like this for US DoD private networks in 2022? Purely for academic research purposes of course! Just browsing the rest the site for pdfs turns up cool def tech like this: The Directed Energy Warfare Office (DEWO) and Directed Energy Division at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) merge past research and data with continuous innovation in the field of high-power microwave(s) (HPM) to address the critical need for nonlethal, nonkinetic weapon(...) https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA557875.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA557875.pdf
- Lammy 4y ago
  In some cases you may have better luck with Wayback Machine for projects whose websites have moved around multiple domains over the years, especially since older documents may be left behind during website redesigns. Take the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate, for example. Their website was… - here during the years 1999–2006: https://web.archive.org/web/20060921043148/http://www.de.afrl.af.mil/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060921043148/http://www.de.afr... - here during the years 2009–2016: https://web.archive.org/web/20160428181404/http://www.kirtland.af.mil/afrl_de/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160428181404/http://www.kirtla... - ??? during the years 2017–2020 - here during the years 2020-present, but missing all the fun stuff! https://www.afrl.af.mil/RD/ https://www.afrl.af.mil/RD/ It's interesting to be able to go back and see what my tax dollars have funded over the years, like in this 2002 photo of a 50-kilowatt CO² LASER setting a test target on fire: https://web.archive.org/web/20070315131556/http://www.de.afrl.af.mil/factsheets/letf.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20070315131556/http://www.de.afr...
- woodruffw 4y ago
  I don't know of any up-to-date network diagrams for DoD networks, but here are the relevant ones to look up: SIPRNET and NIPRNET for secret and nonclassified materials, respectively, NMIS/GWAN for NRO (TS), NSANet for NSA (TS/SCI), DSNET/JWICS (DoD wide, up to and including TS/SCI). There's also FBINET, which is classified up to secret, but doesn't have as much information online.

contingencies 4y ago

See also https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA166324 https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA166324

ggm 4y ago

A small number of the names in the IAB Task force and secretariat list are still active. I recognise a few of these from IETF, and related activity: Applications Bob Thomas BBNCC Gateway Algorithms and Data Structures Dave Mills M/A-COM Interoperability and Autonomous Systems Robert Cole UCL New End to End Services Bob Braden UCLA Privacy Steve Kent BBNCC Robustness and Survivability Jim Mathis SRI Security Ray McFarland DOD Tactical Internetting David Hartmann MITRE " Testing Ed Cain DlEC LAB officers are: Internet Architect Dave Clark MIT Deputy Internet Architect Jon Pastel ISI DARPA Program Manager Dennis Perry DARPA TAB Secretary Chris Perry MITRE

tempodox 4y ago

Too bad the scans are so lo-fi. I wish historical documents like this were preserved in better quality.

ale42 4y ago
The scans are actually not too bad... it's the original material that has been scanned that looks like multiply-photocopied pages... analog generation loss.

Terry_Roll 4y ago

Whats interesting is some of the old information can probably be used to deduce tactical weaknesses that will still be relevant today.