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

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In article <s7tn9s$oih$3 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>On 2021-05-16, ultr... at gmail.com <ultradwc at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I was told by Process Software years ago that "for a price" they could make it possible to run their TCPware Decnet Phase IV over IP connection thru an SSH tunnel.
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>> If Process can do it why hasn't HP then or VSI now done it already?
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>> Why is your answer one of directing users to shy away from using a great protocol and one that makes OpenVMS unique?
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>
>There's nothing great about DECnet in 2021. When it was created
>it was a good protocol for the time, but that time passed decades ago.

Please tell me now to SYS$OPEN a file on another host with TCP/IP.

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