[HECnet] Minimal Requirements

[Paul Koning]

> On Apr 4, 2019, at 7:53 AM, Supratim Sanyal <supratim at riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> On 4/4/19 6:12 AM, Keith Halewood wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm pretty sure that a TCP listen doesn't care who connects to it on VAX Multinet. UDP is a different matter.
>> For example, there's a listener device set up with a 1.1.1.1 address on DUNE here. PIVAX0 connects to it from a completely different address. I use access controls on the router to restrict just who is allowed to connect to it.
>> If you want I can set up another incoming line/circuit and you can connect to it. I'm in area 29 FYI.
> 
> I have listeners waiting on 0.0.0.0. Yes, MULTINET does not seem to care what address connections come in from.

Does that mean anyone can connect to HECnet without any authentication?  Or is DECnet node init authentication used?

"Security by obscurity" only goes so far.  Is it good enough for HECnet?

	paul