[Info-vax] Unexpected DECnet Phase IV functionality with possible captive account implications

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-05-11, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>
> And in more general terms, I am un-fond of exposing the database 
> structures remotely whether by classic FAL and RMS or file share or 
> otherwise, as that makes modifications more difficult.

Agreed. It would have been nicer if RMS indexed files were treated
as a series of structured fields instead of as an indexed version
of a punched card.

That would also need some kind of optional record tag at RMS level
however to identify the record layout in case someone tried to store
records with different internal layouts into the same RMS indexed file.

Simon.

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