[Info-vax] DECnet Phase IV and VMS code comments

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-11-25 10:21, Dirk Munk wrote:
> My question is, why are you interested in this very old protocol? DECnet
> Phase V was designed for let's say an OSI Internet, so I'm sure it's
> beter designed in this respect. Before some one else tries to point it
> out, yes I know it doesn't have encryption when used with the OSI
> transport layers. It could have been done, and it still can be done
> using TLS, that has been designed for the OSI transport layer. I'm sure
> VSI will look into this :-)

We've been over this before. I very much disagree, and I seriously doubt 
VSI will put any work into Phase V, and I believe the comments from 
others here pretty much agreed with that.

You seem to be just about the only person who haven't got it that OSI is 
dead, and so is Phase V. (And it's an ugly corpse, and trying to revive 
it would not make it any prettier...)

	Johnny