[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 6/18/2019 9:33 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 6/17/2019 3:45 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>> In article <dgu9KbGYso+f at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
>>> koehler at eisner.nospam.decuserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>>>> In article <qe8bh9$qss$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
>>>>> Just to play with it?  Within a cluster, one doesn't really need it, and
>>>>> how many hobbyists have more than one cluster with a DECnet-capable
>>>>> connection between them?
>>>>
>>>>      You ever try to "set host" in anLAVC without DECnet, LAT, or IP?
>>>
>>> No, but LAT is completely sufficient for this.
>>
>> I don't think LAT is any better than DECnet security wise.
> 
> No, but it's sure easier to route

As I remember it then LAT cannot be routed at all.

>                                   and doesn't require changing your MAC
> address on the fly,

True. It is simpler.

Arne