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From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Fri Nov 17 18:55:26 2000

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
>>the phone network. Hey you VMS bigots, how bout some Decnet over IP?
>>Endless possibilities.
>
>Wait a minute.... Who you calling a VMS bigot! I seem to recall you're
>pretty heavy into VMS!


Feh, ip over DECnet!

>Using VMS you'd have mail and DEC Notes at least. Plus it's possible to
>setup dialup access. The question is, how secure is DECnet over IP?
Can
>you send it via an encrypted link? I've not read up on it yet.


Extremely secure if IP is done right. DECnet is good in itself. Doing
it
as wrapped decnet would be hard for outsiders to crack unless they knew
it was DECNET inside. It's basically VPN. FYI, back in the old days
(early 90s) DECNET was used to wrap appletalk and Novell so it could
be run over wans (DECNET is routable).

Allison
Received on Fri Nov 17 2000 - 18:55:26 GMT