[Info-vax] Alpha tcpip Is now working With fedora linux

[John E. Malmberg]

On 8/12/2012 11:33 PM, badger007 wrote:
> Hello

> What i need now is how to set up dec window if anyone is still
> willing. sorry the last thread took so long and unproductive on my part.
> if i can get somene help. I no less about the alpha vms then vax vms I
> will be trying to install multinet.

When you install VMS on Alpha/Itanium, you should make sure that you 
install the optional workstation fonts, including the optional 100 DPI 
fonts.  These are not absolutely needed, but if you are not using a VMS 
system with a graphics adapter for the display, it is not likely to have 
all of these fonts.

Then you need to install the DECWindows-Motif layered product, and 
optionally local variant if that is available to hobbyists.
There is a separate license key for it.

On a headless system, about the only thing to configure is the font 
server.  This is detailed in the DECWindows-Motif online documentation 
at www.hp.com/go/openvms in the documentation link.

The VAX font server can only be used with the old Digital VXT 
X-Terminals, nothing current can use it.

SSH is not available for VAX if you use the HP TCP/IP product.

Having X-11 open to the Internet with out SSH or other VPN, makes it 
easy for the bad guys to take over a system, even a VMS system.  There 
is no security in the protocol.

There is typically so much probes and other noise on a broadband 
connection, it is preferable to have a firewall appliance handle that 
instead of subjecting a general purpose operating system to handle that 
load.

Regards,
-John
wb8tyw at qsl.network
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