Let me know if you want a beta tester; I have some modifications in mind
for the Tops-20 NRT server to better support SMTP and FTP over DECnet
and I want to make sure I don't break anything.
On 10/20/21 1:01 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
Thanks! BTW, I've been doing some work on
Wireshark to fix its DECnet decoding, there are quite a bunch of errors in there.
paul
> On Oct 20, 2021, at 12:59 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/20/21 12:54 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
>>>>> Say, that is a very nice ping utility you have! Would you know where
I could get the source to it or its theory of operation?
>>>> I wonder too. The DEC standard answer would be an "NCP loop node
foo" command, which is an application protocol but a simple one (mirror, object 25).
>>> The ping command that he illustrated is from IOS on a Cisco router.
>> Ok, then it's anyone's guess what it does; Cisco doesn't really
understand DECnet or know how to read the specs. It would be informative to capture a
packet trace showing what was sent and received.
> Seems to work pretty well here, and has for the better part of thirty years, for
me.
>
> If I get any desk time soon I'll see if I can capture some traces for you.
>
> -Dave
>
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