I finally got my issues with Comcast straightened out and I now have static IP addresses. They are
IPv4: 50.185.8.122
IPv6: 2603:300b:6c4:21a0:c77b:4f58:27e4:6de2
These are also always available in DNS as decnet.theberrymans.com <http://decnet.theberrymans.com/>
Hopefully, this will be the last change for a while.
Mark Berryman
Area 27
Hi,
During my postgraduate days, I ran ANU NEWS on our VAX/VMS systems and we peered large parts of the hierarchy. I think even back then we were exclusively NNTP over TCP/IP. I have a vague memory that I wrote a multi-threaded NNTP server for ANU but it was using the CMUTEK TCP/IP product so it was all done with QIO and ASTs - none of this weird select stuff of Unix sockets.
With Google groups being hit by 1000s of spam messages a day - astrology, voodoo, death spells, etc. - I'm tempted to get ANU NEWS installed and running again, probably SIMH-hosted VAX OpenVMS and, as above, peer some of the groups. Disc space and bandwidth aren't an issue and I'd like to see NNTP running over DECnet.... And I'm more familiar with ANU NEWS's SMG interface than I ever was with the likes of tin and rm.
Actually, wanting to do this has less to do with Google's mess and more about nostalgia. If/when it's all up and running, I'll consider getting it running on some real Alpha or IA64 hardware, probably based mostly on which has the lower power consumption.
Just wondering if anybody else is doing/done something similar.
Keith
Version 5.3(235)-5 incorporates all fixes since the major release of
5.3, Edit 230 in January of this year. These are as follows and can be
identified in the code with the edit number as the prefix of a comment.
<about:blank?compose#_Toc137380940>
[231] Fix RECEIVE with no file name
[232] 36 bit byte file sizes
[233] Transaction Log and Debug log fixes and enhancements
Transaction logging
Garbled Text
Write-Protection Failures
Enhancements
Debug Log Decode Fix
[234] Error messages may not be seen if displayed in remote server
[235] Properly signal and handle file errors in server mode
Additional Batch Tests
K2036P: Kermit-20 36 Bit Mode via pseudo-terminal
K2036C: Kermit-20 36 Bit Mode via pseudo-terminal with parity
Updated Help
All source, documentation, executables, control files and test data are
available for Anonymous NFT on HECnet from VENTI2::PS:<OINKY.K20MIT> and
associated subdirectories. Documentation includes more detail on the
above list. All regression tests have passed except for Tops-10 because
of some local networking issues.
Be aware that VENTI2:: is running a FAL alpha candidate, so let me know
if you get unexpected behavior.
Hi,
Is anyone testing this mailing list's recipients?
The reason I ask is:
06-02 00:07:58 NOREC SMTP OKBL DE 65.108.62.138:39112 cassini.dfupdate.se. 65.108.0.0/16 24940 HETZNER-AS, DE
06-02 00:07:59 NOREC SMTP OKBL DE 65.108.62.138:39112 cassini.dfupdate.se. 65.108.0.0/16 24940 HETZNER-AS, DE
06-02 00:33:06 NOREC SMTP OKBL DE 136.243.112.216:42384 static.216.112.243.136.clients.your-server.de. 136.243.0.0/16 24940 HETZNER-AS, DE
06-02 00:33:06 NOREC SMTP OKBL DE 136.243.112.216:42384 static.216.112.243.136.clients.your-server.de. 136.243.0.0/16 24940 HETZNER-AS, DE
06-02 00:34:26 NOREC SMTP OKBL DE 65.108.62.138:40994 cassini.dfupdate.se. 65.108.0.0/16 24940 HETZNER-AS, DE
06-02 00:35:02 NOREC SMTP OKBL DE 136.243.112.216:36476 static.216.112.243.136.clients.your-server.de. 136.243.0.0/16 24940 HETZNER-AS, DE
06-02 00:35:12 NOREC SMTP OKBL DE 136.243.112.216:36908 static.216.112.243.136.clients.your-server.de. 136.243.0.0/16 24940 HETZNER-AS, DE
06-02 00:40:02 NOREC SMTP OKBL DE 136.243.112.216:36476 static.216.112.243.136.clients.your-server.de. 136.243.0.0/16 24940 HETZNER-AS, DE
06-02 00:40:12 NOREC SMTP OKBL DE 136.243.112.216:36908 static.216.112.243.136.clients.your-server.de. 136.243.0.0/16 24940 HETZNER-AS, DE
06-02 00:45:56 NOREC SMTP OKBL DE 65.108.62.138:41946 cassini.dfupdate.se. 65.108.0.0/16 24940 HETZNER-AS, DE
06-02 00:57:11 NOREC SMTP OKBL DE 65.108.62.138:43082 cassini.dfupdate.se. 65.108.0.0/16 24940 HETZNER-AS, DE
Activity from cassini.dfupdate.se is valid and expected.
The other attempt(s) from static.216.112.243.136.clients.your-server.de was an attempted non-local relay to jessindewinter(a)gmail.com<mailto:jessindewinter@gmail.com>
It wasn't exactly a problem and the attempt was denied with some tar-pitting along the way.
Times in GMT+01:00 (BST) by the way.
Keith
I’m trying to get mail working from my latest Linux DECnet release to OopenVMS with the intention of eventually upgrading to the mail11v3 protocol. I’m running an up to date version of VAX OpenVMS V7.3 with all patches I’ve found on a recent download of OpenSimh on a really slow ARM system. The system has a default DECnet account as well as a MAIL$SERVER account. Whenever I try to send e-mail, the connection is rejected with a “No such user” error:
Auditable event: Network login failure
Event time: 29-NOV-2023 10:14:32.96
PID: 00000098
Process name: MAIL_8198
Username: DECNET
Remote node id: 42186 (41.202)
Remote username: Linux0000
Status: %LOGIN-F-NOSUCHUSER, no such user
I also get the same rejection error if I try to connect to FAL with no access control information. However, if I connect to FAL using the explicit nonpriviledged userid/password returned by NCP, everything works as expected.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
John.
Version 5.3(248)-5 incorporates additional features, enhancements and
fixes since the minor release of 5.3(235)-5, in June of this year
(11-Jun-2023).These are as follows and can be identified in the code
with the edit number as the prefix of a comment.
[236] Implement /FORKLESS connections for DECnet NRT’s
[237] Implement the RETURN keyword to stop processing a TAKE file
[238] Enhanced NRT disconnect messages
[239] Use .HPTOD (High Precision Time of Day) if the monitor has it
HPTIM% .HPTOD
[240] When logging to a disk file, display the number of bytes written
[241] Handle potential case of incorrect data being sent for CWD
[242] ECHO /TRANSACTION /DEBUG /SESSION Switches
[243] Fix off by one error which appended NUL characters in packets
[244] Fix server FINISH does not close all logs
[245] Rewrite MOVSTU to use EXTEND instead of loop
[246] Additional C escape sequences: \O and \U
[247] Rewrite IAC handling to use EXTEND instead of loop
[248] Fix incorrect string lengths being returned by C constant
expansion
Kermit-20-Testing-Battery-5.3(248)-5 Updates and new Batch Tests
K20DPD: Updated Kermit-20 Packet Decoding Example
K20NRV: Updated Kermit-20 Server functions via Tops-20 DECnet NRT to
local host
K20NRT: Updated Kermit-20 Server functions via Tops-20 DECnet NRT to
remote host
K20DPD: Updated Kermit-20 Packet Decoding Example
K20P8R: New Regression test against Kermit-20 4.2(174) [2-May-85] 8
bit files with parity
K20RDC: New Communications comparison Kermit-20 4.2(174) [2-May-85]
and 5.3(248)-5
K1036N: Kermit-10 36 bit Regression Tests via DECnet NRT
Updated Help
It is available for anonymous NFT from VENTI2:: in the K20MIT
sub-directory. The full announcement may be find in text format in:
VENTI2::TOMMYT:<OINKY.K20MIT.DOCUMENTATION>KERMIT-20_V5_3(248)-5-ANNOUNCEMENT.TXT.
Note that the left and right parenthesis will need to be quoted with a
Control-V. Alternatively, you can just grab the whole documentation
directory and have your local NFT do the naming.
