[HECnet] Phase V Routing Specification

[Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-]

<Paul_Koning at Dell.com> writes:

On Dec 18, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote:

"Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-" <system at TMESIS.COM> writes:=20
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"Rob Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> writes:=20
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My user mode DECnet router has started telling me that it is getting
messages for routing specification version 2.2.0. Phase IV is 2.0.0. I
am assuming this is Phase V messages because there has been talk about
this recently. > >Does anyone have a link to the Phase V Routing
Specification?=20
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The specs for OSI were huge.=20
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Will this link help you any?=20
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http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/decnet/EK-DNAPV-GD_DECnet_Pha=
se_V_General_Description_Sep87.pdf

Unfortunately, that's just a brief intro.
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Other that this, you're best bet would be the DECNET Documentation. It
should all be on-line at http://HP.COM/go/OpenVMS.=20

Those will tell you how to use VMS based DECnet products, but that doesn't =
say how the protocols work.   Unfortunately, it appears that the DECnet Phas=
e V specs have disappeared.   The intent definitely was for those ot be publ=
ished, exactly as the older ones were, but it doesn't appear that this was =
ever done.
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...and from my personal library:
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DECnet Phase V: An OSI Implementation (James Martin, Joe Leben)
Copyright 1992 Digital Press
EY-H8832E-DP
ISBN 1-55558-076-9

I remember reviewing that one when it first came out, unless I'm mixed up w=
ith another book.   The conclusion was that the author (Joe Leben) knows lit=
tle or nothing about networking in general and DECnet in particular.   James=
Martin was a tech books author from way way back; the one book that I know=
he actually wrote was so utterly atrocious that I never wanted to read any=
of his works ever again.   (That was "The design of man-machine interfaces"=
.)

	paul

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