[Info-vax] DECnet V proxy problem...

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In article <MPG.24221f01fe43c9b3989685 at news.verizon.net>, John Santos <john at egh.com> writes:
>In article <00A88600.42FC4D61 at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-  
>@SendSpamHere.ORG says...> 
>> In article <MPG.2421fffa570724c9989684 at news.verizon.net>, John Santos <john at egh.com> writes:
>> >In article <mn.5d477d93f30278ce.86952 at brutele.be>,=20
>> >marc.vandyck at brutele.be says...>=20
>> >> John Santos pretended :
>> >> > In article <503646d0-b755-449a-93c5-32ce701fda84
>> >> > @w35g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, info-vax at weaverconsulting.ca says...>=
>> >=20
>> >> >> On Mar 11, 3:45=A0pm, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> >> >>> I don't know why but the following no longer functions:
>> >> >>>=20
>> >> >>> HERE$ DIR HERE::
>> >> >>> ... or ...
>> >> >>> HERE$ DIR 0::
>> >> >>>=20
>> >> >>> I can do:
>> >> >>>=20
>> >> >>> HERE$ DIR THERE::
>> >> >>> ... and ...
>> >> >>> THERE$ DIR HERE::
>> >> >>> successfully.
>> >> >>>=20
>> >> >>> I have incoming and outgoing proxy on the FAL application.
>> >> >>> I find (and delete) INTRUSION record whenever I try $DIR 0::
>> >> >>> I have restarted the security server... all to no avail.
>> >> >>> Anyone have any ideas?
>> >> >>>=20
>> >> >>> --
>> >> >>> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker =A0=20
>> >> >>> =A0VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG
>> >> >>>=20
>> >> >>> =A0http://www.quirkfactory.com/popart/asskey/eqn2.png
>> >> >>>=20
>> >> >>> =A0 "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"
>> >> >>=20
>> >> >> In my distant memory I recall seeing this, but I have not touched a
>> >> >> Phase V system in a number of years and when I did I did not spend
>> >> >> much time with Phase V. It seems to me that there was a NCL command
>> >> >> that started with FLUSH and had something to do with a NAMING CACHE
>> >> >> that cleared this up. When we had the problem I phoned Compaq (I
>> >> >> mentioned it was a long time ago) and the support person told me "In
>> >> >> DECNet Phase V you can do no harm, and you will probably do something
>> >> >> good, if you occasionally issue the command NCL FLUSH ... NAMING
>> >> >> CACHE..." so I put that on a sign and hung it in the VMS area and once
>> >> >> every few weeks we would issue the command on the Phase V nodes that
>> >> >> we had.
>> >> >>=20
>> >> >> Peter
>> >> >
>> >> > IIRC, $ mcr ncl flush session control naming cache entry =3D "*"
>> >> >
>> >> > VAXman, maybe you've trigger breakin evasion?  Have you tried deleting
>> >> > the intrusion records with "$ delete/intusion"?  (If you've got
>> >> > something automated that keeps renewing the breakin evasion, or
>> >> > if you are just impatient and keep re-trying, it might never time
>> >> > out...)
>> >> >
>> >> > If this is the case, there may be an interesting bug, since I
>> >> > don't think you should be able to trigger evasion using a decnet
>> >> > proxy...  It should always work, and thus not ever bump the "failed
>> >> > login" count.
>> >>=20
>> >> Rather
>> >>=20
>> >> $ mcr ncl flush session control naming cache entry "*"
>> >>=20
>> >> that is, without the "=3D" sign.
>> >
>> >It seems to accept (and ignore) the "=3D" sign.  The output looks
>> >identical in either case.
>> 
>> The joys of quoted-pukeable.  Choosy posters choose plain text!
>
>Arghh!!  I didn't realize it was doing this.  Bizzarely, it shows
>the <equals><three><dog> when displaying your response but didn't
>when I displayed my original post.
>
>This is Gravity, which I've been using for years with no such
>problems, but on a new (yech, blech) PC, and I don't think I got
>all the posting options right.  Let's see if this = comes through
>clean!

Lookin' good Billy Ray!

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