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From: hughes@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (larry hughes)
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Subject: Re: DECnet encapsulation in TCP-IP
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Date: 20 Nov 90 22:04:28 GMT
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In article <897@fred.UUCP> rbraun@fred.UUCP (Richard Braun) writes:
>grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes:
>>In article <90313.134117JHL1@psuvm.psu.edu> JHL1@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>> We're interested in encapsulating DECnet within a TCP-IP package.  We
>>> are looking primarily for a software solution...
>>
>>I believe TGV multinet can handle this...
>
>MultiNet is, IMHO, far and away the best TCP/IP package available for
>VAX/VMS.  (This after reviewing products ranging from Process Software
>to Fusion to Wollongong to...)  It's a Stanford-bred product written
>in C with some TOPS-20'isms in it.
>
>But I fail to understand the original question:  "encapsulating DECnet
>within TCP/IP".  That just doesn't mean anything.  It could mean
> [etc.]

DEC used to have a product called an "internet portal" which
enveloped TCP/IP within DECnet.  It was a hardware/software
solution consisting of an Ultrix workstation at both ends
(i.e. on two networks separated by a DECnet backbone) to handle
the enveloping/de-enveloping.

It's quite possible that they reversed this to envelope DECnet
withing TCP/IP...

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