Security in communications has been considered the primary reason the Internet was started although many researches view this as an elaborate urban myth. Imagine a world where nuclear war caused significant deficits in communications. The thought of this possibility is what some say led to the development of what was known as The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET). This system allowed packets of information to be delivered through a series of connected computers ensuring that communications could continue in the event of a worse-case scenario.

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Security – Internet Roots And Research