[Info-vax] How to convert a cluster-seeking vax into a networked stand-alone machine

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2019-05-08 04:51:21 +0000, Simon Clubley said:

> On 2019-05-07, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2019-05-08 00:10:27 +0000, Carlos Murillo said:
>> 
>>> So what is the solution? Can I just grab a higher-numbered version of  
>>> TCP/IP Services and install it? Or is there a workaround?
>> 
>> OpenVMS VAX V7.3 with the associated TCP/IP Services stack?something  
>> approaching "recent", at least as far as OpenVMS VAX can be "recent"?  
>> and stop trying to re-find and re-experience the legions of bugs and 
>> limitations that were fixed over the years?
> 
> I also hope the OP has thought about if their environment means they 
> need to deal with the multiple vulnerabilities present in those 
> versions.

OP is using telnet and OpenVMS VAX.  Security is clearly not an issue.  
There was a different telnet loop back in that range, too.  Fossil 
versions have fossil bugs, and fossil vulnerabilities.  Etc.


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