20-Jun-83 10:48:47-PDT,5810;000000000001 Return-path: Mail-From: SMTP created at 26-Apr-83 03:45:49 Received: FROM BRL-VGR BY USC-ISIF.ARPA WITH TCP ; 26 Apr 83 03:45:58 PDT Received: From Brl-Vgr.ARPA by BRL-VGR via smtp; 26 Apr 83 5:42 EDT Sender: Mike Muuss From: TCP-IP@Brl.ARPA To: TCP-IP@Brl.ARPA Date: 26 Apr 1983 00:00 EST Subject: TCP-IP Digest, Vol 2 #5 TCP/IP Digest Wednesday, 26 Apr 1983 Volume 2 : Issue 5 Today's Topics: The Purpose of the TCP-Digest More on VAX/VMS TCP/IP Software Tidbits from the latest DDN-Newsletter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TCP/IP Digest --- The InterNet Digest LIMITED DISTRIBUTION For Research Use Only --- Not for Public Distribution ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 20 Apr 83 22:03:22 EST (Wed) From: Mike Muuss To: tcp-ip at brl-vgr Subject: The Purpose of the TCP-Digest Just in case you were wondering what this is all about... The TCP Digest is a moderated network mailing list. Sort of a "do it yourself Letters-to-the-Editor" column. The audience is fairly large, mostly protocol implementors, system managers, communications specialists, various types of management, and some onlookers. The intention is to have a forum to discuss implementation details and current problems of networking (especially the Dod Standard TCP/IP), in a much more concrete fashion than the often "blue sky" HUMAN-NETS Digest. Keep those cards (ugh) and letters comming! -Mike Muuss Moderator, TCP-Digest ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 1983 23:04:03 EST (Monday) From: Gail Rubin Subject: VAX Arpanet software To: TCP-IP@BRL The company mentioned in Joel Goldberger's message, DTI, has changed its name to Compion. We (BBN) are currently running their software on some of our VMS systems - the version for VMS >3. It sounds much better than the version Joel used, but it still has a few problems - the most serious ones are in ftp. When running from the vms as a host, it is incredibly slow - you should always run it from the other machine (if it isn't also a vms!). This may be just the way things are with VMS, I'm not sure this is something Compion can get around. Also in ftp, you can only GET one file from vms at a time - subsequent files give you error messages so you have to re-establish the connection for each file. Compion is working on these problems; they have already fixed one other problem that we reported to them. On our vax unix machines here we run our own software - that of Rob Gurwitz of our company, as also mentioned in Joel's message. The hardware is the same in both cases - ACC's LHDH-11. -- Gail Rubin, (GRubin at bbn-unix) ------------------------------ [ Due to the "Maximum Distribution Requested" on the front of this, I am reproducing portions of the DEFENSE DATA NETWORK NEWSLETTER here which concern subscription and information-distribution details, for those who may not have seen this in a direct mailing. For those who don't have ARPANET access, the NIC may be telephoned at (415)-859-3695. -Mike ] DEFENSE DATA NETWORK NEWSLETTER (Maximum Distribution Requested. The DDN Newsletter is published by the Network Information Center under DCA contract. For subscription, contact NIC@SRI-NIC. Back issues obtainable by FTP from the directory at SRI-NIC [10.0.0.73].) SUBSCRIPTIONS WANTED. Along with the change in name and format, the DDN Newsletter gains a greatly expanded role as the official means by which the DDN Program Management Office communicates with DDN and ARPANET users. To this end, a significant increase in circulation is sought. Two means of accomplishing this are feasible. The first means of increasing circulation is by remailing at the host level. This clearly is the more efficient method, and avoids building the mailing list at the NIC into something unmanageable. Host Administrators and Technical Liaison personnel are therefore requested, where feasible, to remail the DDN Newsletter to all account holders on their host. Remailing is particularly solicited for this edition of the DDN-NEWS. The second means is by direct mailing from the NIC. Although not the desired approach, an increase in size of the NIC mailing list is feasible within limits. Users with accounts at hosts which cannot provide remailing of the newsletter may, therefore, obtain a copy directly from the NIC by submitting a request for subscription directly to NIC@SRI-NIC. DDN-DIGEST. Our thanks to Steve Nelson and Pete Vayda for their timely and excellent suggestion that we begin a DDN-DIGEST, similar to the TCP-IP Digest published by Mike Muuss, to keep you, the users, informed about the DDN and to get feedback from you as well. To this end, we have established the mailbox DDN-NEWS@SRI-NIC to receive questions, comments, and the like which you want to send us. These we will incorporate in the UNOFFICIAL section of the Newsletter (allowing for duplication) along with an answer from an appropriate person. More on this in future Newsletters, but in the meanwhile, the mailbox is there and ready for your use. DARRYL HENRY DCA Code B627 DDN-PMO System Development Branch ------------------------------ END OF TCP-IP DIGEST ********************