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From: elwell@tut.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Connectivity Issues with Fastpath Boxes
Message-ID: <237@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Tue, 29-Sep-87 14:56:50 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 29 14:56:50 1987
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Reply-To: elwell%tut.cis.ohio-state.edu@osu-eddie.UUCP (Clayton Elwell)
Organization: The Ohio State University, CIS Dept.
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Keywords: Kinetics TOPS Appletalk Appleshare Security

longstaf@lll-lcc.aRpA (Thomas A Longstaff) writes:
    
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    	I am currently evaluating a connection scheme for Macs, PC's,
    and unix boxes (no flames please, it's not my fault!) to be used in
    our project. One of the components we are considering is a Kinetics
    fastpath to connect our appletalk to another appletalk at a remote
    location on the net.  We are currently using TOPS for our software.
    Now for the questions.
    
    1.	Is this possible?  Has anyone done this?

Yes.  Works fine for both TOPS and AppleShare.  Be aware that UNIX
TOPS is a rather new product, though...
    
    2.	Assuming the answer to 1. is yes, what's to keep anyone else
    with a fastpath from accessing our files and laserwritters?

Nothing.  This is a major flaw with the current AppleTalk
architecture, at least when it is scaled up beyond the work-group level.
    
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							      Clayton M. Elwell
       The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science
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