[Info-vax] Networking Benchmarks

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 9/13/19 1:30 PM, abrsvc wrote:
> Realize that this question is sure to start the whole "security" or "lack thereof" discussion with regards to DECNET.
> 
> I know of existing customers that use DECNET for connections between OpenVMS systems only where all but one are isolated from the outside world.  I too would think that performance would be better in this case, but have nothing other than anecdotal info to back it up.
> 
> Dan
> 

Security was one of the things I was thinking of actually.
Having all your customers data in a database on a backend
system that is not only not on the Internet, but doesn't
even have TCPIP installed on it.  That only leaves insider
threat and there is little you can do to prevent or eliminate
that.


bill