[Info-vax] X-terminals again

[DaveG]

On Jan 16, 8:25 am, "FredK" <fred.nos... at dec.com> wrote:
> The XDM that currently ships with TCPIP does not provide for any security,
> even MIT Magic Cookie.
>
> The DECwindows group plans to take over XDM sometime this year, and bring it
> up-to-date.  We believe that remote thin-client access will become more
> common with users as network speeds increase and latency declines.
>
> "Joseph Huber" <joseph.hu... at NOSPAM.web.de> wrote in message
>
> news:gkq3f2$13ds$1 at gwdu112.gwdg.de...
>
>
>
> > tadamsmar wrote:
>
> >>> ¨snip*
>
> >> The remote node is a PC running some version of Windows.
>
> >> What do I have to have running on the remote node to make this work?
>
> > Under the assumption XDM is acceptable security-wise,
> > then for a "one-click" to VMS login solution, I propose to get the free
> > Xming X11 server.
>
> >http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/
>
> > To setup, start the Xlaunch program, select XDMCP mode, enter the node
> > name
> > of the VMS node to connect, finish by saving the coniguration on the
> > desktop.
>
> > From then on, the VMS login will be started by double clicking on the
> > saved
> > Xlauch config file.
> > Depending on the windows version, the Xlaunch start can be put into the
> > startup folder or setup as a windows service, so it starts automatically
> > at
> > windows boot.
>
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> > Joseph Huber,http://www.huber-joseph.de- Hide quoted text -
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Thanks for the update Fred.  Good to hear from you again.