[HECnet] Phase V Routing Specification

[Paul_Koning at Dell.com]

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

"Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-" <system at TMESIS.COM> writes: 

"Rob Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> writes: 

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? 

The specs for OSI were huge. 

Will this link help you any? 

http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/decnet/EK-DNAPV-GD_DECnet_Phase_V_General_Description_Sep87.pdf

Unfortunately, that's just a brief intro.

Other that this, you're best bet would be the DECNET Documentation. It
should all be on-line at http://HP.COM/go/OpenVMS. 

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 Phase V specs have disappeared.   The intent definitely was for those ot be published, exactly as the older ones were, but it doesn't appear that this was ever done.

...and from my personal library:

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 with another book.   The conclusion was that the author (Joe Leben) knows little 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