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From: braden@VENERA.ISI.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  TCP/IP for IBM's MVS
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Date: 1 Apr 88 23:52:29 GMT
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	Has anyone compared the alternatives for TCP/IP implementations for the
	IBM MVS operating system (e.g. KNET, ACC, etc). A full function
	alternative, preferably with nice gateway capability to&from SNA
	networks would be ideal (dream on :-).
	
That depends upon what you mean by a "gateway capability".  A transport-level
gateway doesn;t work because the upper layers are different. If you
mean: the ability to use a 3278 transparently end-to-end across an SNA
and a TCP-IP network, you've got it in the UCLA ACP and all the
vendor products derived from it.  If you mean: the ability to gateway
BITNET mail to/from SMTP mail under MVS, there is a mail system 
available from UCLA that does that (with some restrictions).
There is not a file transfer gateway  because the two protocol
families use such different file tranfer models.

Bob Braden