EISNER? It's the main Encompass/DECUSERVE box. LOADS of users.
sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
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On 26 Sep 2013, at 02:22, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello!
So what does this system thing do? That would explain a lot.
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"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
I know this is probably a pipe-dream, but I think it would be extremely cool if we could get EISNER hooked up to HECnet.
Very active system, lots of users, etc.
What do you guys think?
sampsa
Do any of these exist - I would love to use DEC notes with my newsreader or a graphical client, but not sure how to go about it.
sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
mobile +358 40 7208932
Hello!
So what does this system thing do? That would explain a lot.
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"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
I know this is probably a pipe-dream, but I think it would be extremely cool if we could get EISNER hooked up to HECnet.
Very active system, lots of users, etc.
What do you guys think?
sampsa
I know this is probably a pipe-dream, but I think it would be extremely cool if we could get EISNER hooked up to HECnet.
Very active system, lots of users, etc.
What do you guys think?
sampsa
On 2013-09-25 19:56, Jarratt RMA wrote:
I implemented the two commands you need (SHOW ADJACENT NODES and SHOW
KNOWN CIRCUITS) a while ago and that is live now if you want to try. I
thought I had mentioned this but perhaps I didn't. In case you don't
remember I am area 5 and the router is at 5.1023.
.ncp tell a5rtr sho adj nod
NCP -- Show failed, incompatible Management version
(From MIM)
Johnny
Regards
Rob
On 25 September 2013 00:07, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net
<mailto:wonko at 4amlunch.net>> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 09:16:15PM +0100, Jarratt RMA wrote:
> What does my router do to break your mapper? If I know it might be
> something I can fix.
The mapper currently relies on NICE, so a device that doesn't speak that
can't be mapped.
-brian
--
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|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
On 26 Sep 2013, at 01:16, Steve Davidson <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:
Make a standalone system with either its own VLAN or an IP subnet that
has no route to anywhere. If you choose the second path then, stop the
IP stack and start DECnet when you have to do maintenance, then revert
to normal operations when maintenance is done. Not that difficult...
Sure it's not hard, both my switch and router support multiple VLANs. But I frankly cannot be arsed to do it :)
So I let people request accounts, but don't grant them automatically, only after manual vetting.
It's a bit more work but I'm happy with.
sampsa
Make a standalone system with either its own VLAN or an IP subnet that
has no route to anywhere. If you choose the second path then, stop the
IP stack and start DECnet when you have to do maintenance, then revert
to normal operations when maintenance is done. Not that difficult...
Also, limit the number of connections so as not to saturate your link
and limit the number of logins for any account you create. The first
part could be a property of your router or the system. The second part
is a property of the SYSUAF.DAT database managed by AUTHORIZE.EXE.
-Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
Behalf Of Sampsa Laine
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 5:30 PM
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Public access?
On 25 Sep 2013, at 22:34, Steve Davidson <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:
If you are that worried about your security on a given system then
make a standalone system available to the world and be done with it. I
am sure that I could come up with something if I could only find the
time... It really isn't that difficult.
-Steve
Not so worried about the system specifically but the other machines that
are on the same network - you are letting people onto your LAN,
effectively.
If I opened up a system for guest access (i.e. no registrations and
manual verification of accounts), I'd probably put it on it's own VLAN,
isolated from the rest of my stuff.
At the moment neither CHIMPY/GORVAX or HILANT are set up like this.
sampsa
On 25 Sep 2013, at 22:34, Steve Davidson <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:
If you are that worried about your security on a given system then make a standalone system available to the world and be done with it. I am sure that I could come up with something if I could only find the time... It really isn't that difficult.
-Steve
Not so worried about the system specifically but the other machines that are on the same network - you are letting people onto your LAN, effectively.
If I opened up a system for guest access (i.e. no registrations and manual verification of accounts), I'd probably put it on it's own VLAN, isolated from the rest of my stuff.
At the moment neither CHIMPY/GORVAX or HILANT are set up like this.
sampsa
Hello!
I am thinking about a honking big UPS but the one I want is, ah, more
like a solar power rig also found parked on and inside someone's
home..........
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"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013, Gregg Levine wrote:
Hello!
According to the ISP it will change only when the hardware used to
connect to the Internet gets restarted. So far that last happened
several weeks earlier.
Rig it up to a battery. ;)
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013, Gregg Levine wrote:
Hello!
According to the ISP it will change only when the hardware used to
connect to the Internet gets restarted. So far that last happened
several weeks earlier.
Rig it up to a battery. ;)
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
Hello!
According to the ISP it will change only when the hardware used to
connect to the Internet gets restarted. So far that last happened
several weeks earlier.
-----
Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
On 2013-09-25 17:04, Gregg Levine wrote:
Hello!
Still thinking about working on how to bring up a system that's
eligible for participation within our group. The only stumbling block
isn't the OS or the emulated system. In fact it happens to be the fact
that my Internet connection is managed via a DSL device who is
assigned an IP address via PPPoE services. Does any of our members
also have that problem? I actually asked the service provider what was
involved with ordering service for a static one several years earlier.
Problem then, was that the copper was too old in my part of the country.
I imagine that FIOS (Fiber-optic based service from the phone company)
is the reason why the copper isn't be upgraded.
And since my cable company can be all thumbs when performing service I
turned down their offers......
Several people (including me) do not have a fixed address. However, my ISP
seems to change my IP less than once a year, so it's not really a big
problem.
So I think it more depends on how often do you see address changes?
Johnny
If you are that worried about your security on a given system then make a standalone system available to the world and be done with it. I am sure that I could come up with something if I could only find the time... It really isn't that difficult.
-Steve
________________________________
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE on behalf of Mark Wickens
Sent: Wed 9/25/2013 10:47
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Public access?
On 25/09/2013 01:54, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I'm always happy to take more users onto CHIMPY and the HILANT clusters - you think I should let people in comp.os.vms know about these?
Does anybody mind 'outsiders' getting access to HECnet?
I don't mind. Most will probably not explore the fact that there is a big DECnet behind the machines.
It is not that we are preventing people today either. It's just that there have never been much fuss about HECnet.
However, I can understand if some people feel worried about traffic and issues. If so, let us know, and we'll try to think of what to do.
This is why I manually vet the account requests - if the email address or name seem totally bullshit, I just ignore the request.
I get maybe 2-3 new users per week on each system..I personally don't want to let the Deathrow guys behind my firewall :)
sampsa
Sampsa
I'd seriously consider picking Steven Hoffman's brains on this before
opening a system up to the world.
I had thought about trying to get a VMS box collocated for a 'UK
deathrow' experience but Hoff seriously put me off the idea ;)
And I think you have the same 'seat of your pants' mentality that I do,
which probably isn't a win when you're looking to manage a public facing
system (or at least a public facing system that the public know about!)
Mark.
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sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
mobile +358 40 7208932
On 25 Sep 2013, at 22:03, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote:
No, it's an implementation of DECnet in Python. Right now it speaks routing and MOP; other layers later.
paul
Cool - let me know when you get the other layers working, I've been looking for ways to make Python programs talk DECNET..
sampsa
No, it's an implementation of DECnet in Python. Right now it speaks routing and MOP; other layers later.
paul
On Sep 25, 2013, at 3:07 PM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
pydecnet?
Please tell me these are Python bindings for DECNET...:)
sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
mobile +358 40 7208932
On 25 Sep 2013, at 20:08, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote:
You mean my pydecnet protocol stack? I've not been able to add to that in the past couple of months.
paul
On Sep 25, 2013, at 2:01 PM, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
I vaugely remember that. I've been too busy and haven't worked on things
lately. I was hoping for Paul's stuff because it solves more problems
than just your router. :)
-brian
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 06:56:25PM +0100, Jarratt RMA wrote:
I implemented the two commands you need (SHOW ADJACENT NODES and SHOW KNOWN
CIRCUITS) a while ago and that is live now if you want to try. I thought I
had mentioned this but perhaps I didn't. In case you don't remember I am
area 5 and the router is at 5.1023.
Regards
Rob
On 25 September 2013 00:07, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 09:16:15PM +0100, Jarratt RMA wrote:
What does my router do to break your mapper? If I know it might be
something I can fix.
The mapper currently relies on NICE, so a device that doesn't speak that
can't be mapped.
-brian
pydecnet?
Please tell me these are Python bindings for DECNET...:)
sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
mobile +358 40 7208932
On 25 Sep 2013, at 20:08, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote:
You mean my pydecnet protocol stack? I've not been able to add to that in the past couple of months.
paul
On Sep 25, 2013, at 2:01 PM, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
I vaugely remember that. I've been too busy and haven't worked on things
lately. I was hoping for Paul's stuff because it solves more problems
than just your router. :)
-brian
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 06:56:25PM +0100, Jarratt RMA wrote:
I implemented the two commands you need (SHOW ADJACENT NODES and SHOW KNOWN
CIRCUITS) a while ago and that is live now if you want to try. I thought I
had mentioned this but perhaps I didn't. In case you don't remember I am
area 5 and the router is at 5.1023.
Regards
Rob
On 25 September 2013 00:07, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 09:16:15PM +0100, Jarratt RMA wrote:
What does my router do to break your mapper? If I know it might be
something I can fix.
The mapper currently relies on NICE, so a device that doesn't speak that
can't be mapped.
-brian
Yes, which is why I hadn't made much progress myself. :)
I do need to get things setup to test your GRE bits though.
-brian
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 06:08:14PM +0000, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote:
You mean my pydecnet protocol stack? I've not been able to add to that in the past couple of months.
paul
On Sep 25, 2013, at 2:01 PM, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
I vaugely remember that. I've been too busy and haven't worked on things
lately. I was hoping for Paul's stuff because it solves more problems
than just your router. :)
-brian
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 06:56:25PM +0100, Jarratt RMA wrote:
I implemented the two commands you need (SHOW ADJACENT NODES and SHOW KNOWN
CIRCUITS) a while ago and that is live now if you want to try. I thought I
had mentioned this but perhaps I didn't. In case you don't remember I am
area 5 and the router is at 5.1023.
Regards
Rob
On 25 September 2013 00:07, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 09:16:15PM +0100, Jarratt RMA wrote:
What does my router do to break your mapper? If I know it might be
something I can fix.
The mapper currently relies on NICE, so a device that doesn't speak that
can't be mapped.
-brian
You mean my pydecnet protocol stack? I've not been able to add to that in the past couple of months.
paul
On Sep 25, 2013, at 2:01 PM, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
I vaugely remember that. I've been too busy and haven't worked on things
lately. I was hoping for Paul's stuff because it solves more problems
than just your router. :)
-brian
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 06:56:25PM +0100, Jarratt RMA wrote:
I implemented the two commands you need (SHOW ADJACENT NODES and SHOW KNOWN
CIRCUITS) a while ago and that is live now if you want to try. I thought I
had mentioned this but perhaps I didn't. In case you don't remember I am
area 5 and the router is at 5.1023.
Regards
Rob
On 25 September 2013 00:07, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 09:16:15PM +0100, Jarratt RMA wrote:
What does my router do to break your mapper? If I know it might be
something I can fix.
The mapper currently relies on NICE, so a device that doesn't speak that
can't be mapped.
-brian
I vaugely remember that. I've been too busy and haven't worked on things
lately. I was hoping for Paul's stuff because it solves more problems
than just your router. :)
-brian
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 06:56:25PM +0100, Jarratt RMA wrote:
I implemented the two commands you need (SHOW ADJACENT NODES and SHOW KNOWN
CIRCUITS) a while ago and that is live now if you want to try. I thought I
had mentioned this but perhaps I didn't. In case you don't remember I am
area 5 and the router is at 5.1023.
Regards
Rob
On 25 September 2013 00:07, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 09:16:15PM +0100, Jarratt RMA wrote:
What does my router do to break your mapper? If I know it might be
something I can fix.
The mapper currently relies on NICE, so a device that doesn't speak that
can't be mapped.
-brian
I implemented the two commands you need (SHOW ADJACENT NODES and SHOW KNOWN CIRCUITS) a while ago and that is live now if you want to try. I thought I had mentioned this but perhaps I didn't. In case you don't remember I am area 5 and the router is at 5.1023.
Regards
Rob
On 25 September 2013 00:07, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 09:16:15PM +0100, Jarratt RMA wrote:
> What does my router do to break your mapper? If I know it might be
> something I can fix.
The mapper currently relies on NICE, so a device that doesn't speak that
can't be mapped.
-brian
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013, Ian McLaughlin wrote:
I know something's broken when I don't see a message about Cory's IP changing at least once every other day.
s/broken/wrong/ as it means I haven't broken anything for awhile. It usually indicates i'm sick or busy. ;)
--
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http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013, Brian Hechinger wrote:
Even then I don't know how much of an issue it is. Cory's IP address
changes ALL THE TIME. :)
-brian
85% of that is my doing. I tend to break things here a lot. I have most everything stable on a UPS now and I have everything configured to give me enough time to spin up a generator before the UPS runs out. (The NAS is set to shut down and when it does I get about 45 minutes on the UPS)
--
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http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
I know something's broken when I don't see a message about Cory's IP changing at least once every other day.
Ian
On Sep 25, 2013, at 9:01 AM, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 05:55:40PM +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2013-09-25 17:04, Gregg Levine wrote:
Hello!
Still thinking about working on how to bring up a system that's
eligible for participation within our group. The only stumbling block
isn't the OS or the emulated system. In fact it happens to be the fact
that my Internet connection is managed via a DSL device who is
assigned an IP address via PPPoE services. Does any of our members
also have that problem? I actually asked the service provider what was
involved with ordering service for a static one several years earlier.
Problem then, was that the copper was too old in my part of the country.
I imagine that FIOS (Fiber-optic based service from the phone company)
is the reason why the copper isn't be upgraded.
And since my cable company can be all thumbs when performing service I
turned down their offers......
Several people (including me) do not have a fixed address. However, my
ISP seems to change my IP less than once a year, so it's not really a
big problem.
So I think it more depends on how often do you see address changes?
Even then I don't know how much of an issue it is. Cory's IP address
changes ALL THE TIME. :)
-brian
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 05:55:40PM +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2013-09-25 17:04, Gregg Levine wrote:
Hello!
Still thinking about working on how to bring up a system that's
eligible for participation within our group. The only stumbling block
isn't the OS or the emulated system. In fact it happens to be the fact
that my Internet connection is managed via a DSL device who is
assigned an IP address via PPPoE services. Does any of our members
also have that problem? I actually asked the service provider what was
involved with ordering service for a static one several years earlier.
Problem then, was that the copper was too old in my part of the country.
I imagine that FIOS (Fiber-optic based service from the phone company)
is the reason why the copper isn't be upgraded.
And since my cable company can be all thumbs when performing service I
turned down their offers......
Several people (including me) do not have a fixed address. However, my
ISP seems to change my IP less than once a year, so it's not really a
big problem.
So I think it more depends on how often do you see address changes?
Even then I don't know how much of an issue it is. Cory's IP address
changes ALL THE TIME. :)
-brian
On 2013-09-25 17:04, Gregg Levine wrote:
Hello!
Still thinking about working on how to bring up a system that's
eligible for participation within our group. The only stumbling block
isn't the OS or the emulated system. In fact it happens to be the fact
that my Internet connection is managed via a DSL device who is
assigned an IP address via PPPoE services. Does any of our members
also have that problem? I actually asked the service provider what was
involved with ordering service for a static one several years earlier.
Problem then, was that the copper was too old in my part of the country.
I imagine that FIOS (Fiber-optic based service from the phone company)
is the reason why the copper isn't be upgraded.
And since my cable company can be all thumbs when performing service I
turned down their offers......
Several people (including me) do not have a fixed address. However, my ISP seems to change my IP less than once a year, so it's not really a big problem.
So I think it more depends on how often do you see address changes?
Johnny
On 25 Sep 2013, at 17:04, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello!
Still thinking about working on how to bring up a system that's
eligible for participation within our group. The only stumbling block
isn't the OS or the emulated system. In fact it happens to be the fact
that my Internet connection is managed via a DSL device who is
assigned an IP address via PPPoE services. Does any of our members
also have that problem? I actually asked the service provider what was
involved with ordering service for a static one several years earlier.
Problem then, was that the copper was too old in my part of the country.
I imagine that FIOS (Fiber-optic based service from the phone company)
is the reason why the copper isn't be upgraded.
And since my cable company can be all thumbs when performing service I
turned down their offers......
If you can run MULTINET then Steve Davidson can hook you up to SG1::.
GORVAX used to run MULTINET as well but I rebuilt it lately as a plain area router.
Another idea (not necessarily a good one, performance-wise) is to ask for a VPN connection to somebody on HECnet, make sure you get the same IP address every time you connect the VPN and route the bridge's UDP packets over that.
That's how HILANT:: et all are connected, the machine that runs the bridge is VPN'd into my other network, giving it a static (NAT) IP address.
sampsa