[Info-vax] DECnet use in today's world, was: Re: Tangent about DECnet versions.

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2018-05-19 22:20, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2018-05-19, Grant Taylor <gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
>>
>> I'm curious, does anybody have any idea how prevalent any of the
>> following DECnet phases are these days?  Are there any production shops
>> still using any version of DECnet?  Or is it relegated to hobbyists?
>>
>> DECnet Phase I / II / III
> 
> Hopefully, these are now obsolete.
> 
> I think all the PDP-11 operating systems got DECnet Phase IV, but did
> the PDP-10 operating systems ever convert to DECnet Phase IV or were
> they stuck on DECnet Phase III ?

Yes, both Tops-10 and TOPS-20 can talk Phase IV. There are both Tops-10 
and TOPS-20 systems on HECnet.

As for security, there are indeed many issues. In addition the protocol 
insecurity you do indeed also have the risk of bugs in the 
implementations. I know of at least one in LAT for RSX... Not exactly 
DECnet, but in RSX, LAT and DECnet are combined.

   Johnny


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