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

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In article <s7ufph$l2m$2 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>On 2021-05-17, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>> In article <s7tn9s$oih$3 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>On 2021-05-16, ultr... at gmail.com <ultradwc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I was told by Process Software years ago that "for a price" they could make it possible to run their TCPware Decnet Phase IV over IP connection thru an SSH tunnel.
>>>>
>>>> If Process can do it why hasn't HP then or VSI now done it already?
>>>>
>>>> Why is your answer one of directing users to shy away from using a great protocol and one that makes OpenVMS unique?
>>>>
>>>
>>>There's nothing great about DECnet in 2021. When it was created
>>>it was a good protocol for the time, but that time passed decades ago.
>>
>> Please tell me now to SYS$OPEN a file on another host with TCP/IP.
>>
>
>Times change Brian and how you implement such things changes as well.
>
>There are multiple options. You could use CIFS or NFS (for example).
>
>There's work going on with filesystems over SSH. Whether VMS will ever
>see any of that work is another matter.
>
>If the other node is in a VMS cluster, you don't need DECnet.
>
>For an example of a different approach in the Linux world, there's GFS2:
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFS2


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