[HECnet] VMS system with guest login

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2020-05-07 22:26, Robert Armstrong wrote:
> 
>> Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I include the executor in active nodes, and that's generally what I've seen others do.
> 
>    That's what VMS does, and it follows the rule of "executor is always reported first", and also includes additional data for the executor (identification, active links, state).
> 
>> "adjacent nodes" isn't defined on non-routing nodes
>> the only adjacency they have is the designated router
> 
>    Is that really true?   Suppose an end node had multiple circuits - it's true that it can't route between nodes on different circuits, but that node can still access all those circuits, right?   Or is an end node effectively limited to one circuit only?

Endnodes can only use one circuit. If you have two enabled, the other 
one is a hot standby in case the first one goes down.

   Johnny

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