[Info-vax] DECnet, was: Re: "bad select 38" (OpenSSL on VMS)

[Simon Clubley]

On 2016-09-17, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> 
>> I'd be seriously tempted to announce the deprecation and eventual 
>> removal of DECnet, for that matter.

Phase IV only or Phase V as well ?

>
> Booo!  Hisssss!
>
> Ok, we know it's not secure.  Run at your own risk.
>
> I'm guessing that DECnet users use it only in house, for FAL and such, so if the 
> in house environment is secure, then security isn't an issue for DECnet.
>

As Dirk has just reminded me, Phase V DECnet is still in active use in
certain quarters.

Simon.

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