[Info-vax] Rethinking DECNET ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2014-08-31, Shark8 <OneWingedShark at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 31-Aug-14 05:13, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> There is absolutely no reason why a TCP/IP stack should not be a part
>> of any server operating system these days.
>
> Sure there is: experimentation (R&D).
> One of the bad things about modern networking is the assumption that 
> everything is/should-be TCP/IP -- while it's fine for some stuff, the 
> lack of research in network protocols is somewhat disappointing.

That still doesn't change the fact you would be running a TCP/IP
stack alongside your new experimental stack if you wanted your
machine to interact with the rest of the world.

There's no reason why you cannot run multiple networking stacks
(at least for different protocols) on the same machine.

BTW, notice I was careful to say "server" operating system above.
There are plenty of other environments, such as some embedded
systems, when a networking stack would neither be required or
desirable.

Simon.

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