[ih] Users vs Hosts on ARPANET

[jeanjour at comcast.net (John Day)]

That was the criteria much much later.  Early on it was much broader.

At 11:26 -0500 2009/11/11, Craig Partridge wrote:
>  > One thing I do know of are the so-called "ARPANET Directory" books, which
>>  list many (but not _all_) people using the ARPANet. New versions came out
>>  periodically (every year or two, perhaps?), and one can get some idea of
>>  growth from them.
>
>I thought the standard for getting into the ARPANET Directory was that you
>had a NIC handle and were in the NIC database.  Jake F. probably remembers
>far better than I do, but as I recall, this meant you fell into one of
>the following categories: (a) the official contact for an IP address; (b)
>the official contact for a host; (c) had a TAC account; or (d) were a contact
>for some IANA number (protocol, port, EGP AS)...
>
>Even for BBN, I doubt more than 25% of us met that requirement but we were
>all on the 'Net.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Craig