[HECnet] Public access?

[Mark Wickens]

On 25/09/2013 01:54, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I'm always happy to take more users onto CHIMPY and the HILANT clusters - you think I should let people in comp.os.vms know about these?

Does anybody mind 'outsiders' getting access to HECnet?
I don't mind. Most will probably not explore the fact that there is a big DECnet behind the machines.
It is not that we are preventing people today either. It's just that there have never been much fuss about HECnet.

However, I can understand if some people feel worried about traffic and issues. If so, let us know, and we'll try to think of what to do.

This is why I manually vet the account requests - if the email address or name seem totally bullshit, I just ignore the request.

I get maybe 2-3 new users per week on each system..I personally don't want to let the Deathrow guys behind my firewall :)

sampsa


Sampsa

I'd seriously consider picking Steven Hoffman's brains on this before opening a system up to the world.
I had thought about trying to get a VMS box collocated for a 'UK deathrow' experience but Hoff seriously put me off the idea ;)
And I think you have the same 'seat of your pants' mentality that I do, which probably isn't a win when you're looking to manage a public facing system (or at least a public facing system that the public know about!)

Mark.

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