> We have a situation in which we need to separate a some machines that need to
> communicate via DecNet protocols (they all run VMS). One set of machines is
> less trusted than the other and we would like to have some method of
> partitioning the machines with a firewall of some sort. Even some sort of
> packet filter would be of help. TCP/IP is not an option. Does anyone have
> any experience with this sort of thing? Is it possible, or am I completely
> batty?
It is possible. A 2E cisco router can do DECnet packet filtering;
see Chapter 12 of the 9.1 docs. Basically, you can do the same type
of filtering in the DECnet universe that ciscos can do in the IP universe.
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Mike Minnich
minnich @
wind .
es .
dupont .
com
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