CHAPTER VAX PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 Editor's Workfile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VAX-3 DECUS France Publications . . . . . . . . . . . VAX-4 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VAX-6 INPUT/OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VAX-9 Using a RAMDISK under VMS V4.2 or later . . . VAX-24 VAX/VMS Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VAX-29 VAX System SIG Committee List . . . . . . . . VAX-40 Forms at the End INPUT/OUTPUT Submission Form . . . . . . . . . VAX-44 System Improvement Request Submission Form . . VAX-46 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 General material for publication in the Pageswapper should be sent (US mail only -- no "express" services please) to: Larry Kilgallen, PAGESWAPPER Editor Box 81, MIT Station Cambridge, MA 02139-0901 USA Preference is given to material submitted as machine-readable text (best is Runoff source). Line length should not exceed 64 characters and the number of text lines per page should not exceed 48 (these limits are particularly important for sample commands, etc. where simple text justification will not produce a meaningful result). Please do not submit program source, as that is better distributed on the VAX SIG tape. Please do not submit "slides" from DECUS Symposia presentations (or other meetings) as they are generally a very incomplete treatment for those readers of the Pageswapper who are not so fortunate as to be able to travel to Symposia. Please DO write articles based on such slides to get the content across to a wider audience than is able to attend. For information about on-line submission to the Pageswapper dial: (617) 262-6830 (in the United States) using a 1200 baud modem and log in with the username PAGESWAPPER. Change of address, reports of non-receipt, and other circulation correspondence should be sent to: DECUS U.S. Chapter Attention: Publications Department 249 Northboro Road (BPO2) Marlborough, MA 01752 USA Only if discrepancies of the mailing system are reported can they be analyzed and corrected. VAX-2 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 Editor's Workfile Editor's Workfile by Larry Kilgallen, Pageswapper Editor Those Symposium audio tapes are great - Some have technical troubles in the recording. Some have troubles with our fellow DECUS members not speaking into the microphone ("Everybody can hear me without this, can't they?"). But for "attending" two sessions at once, the audio tapes are fantastic. Sometimes I pay good money for a session that seemed like it would be interesting and it turns out to be a waste. But I would rather by bored back home in Massachusetts while driving than be bored at Symposia while fretting as to whether that "other" session across the building is really the interesting one I should have chosen. The real payoff is when I hear some tidbit which must be in some documentation somewhere, but who has time to read it all. For instance: Logical name enhancement for VMS V4.4 - As explained in a DEC presentation on RMS filespec parsing in Dallas, effective with V4.4 RMS no longer treats CONCEALED logical names as implicitly TERMINAL. Thus the concealed equivalence name can contain a logical name for a device rather than being constrained to contain a physical device name. This is a great step forward, allowing the translation of a concealed logical name to be displayed in meaningful terms like DISK$CRASH_DUMPS:[APRIL.] rather than $137$DJA23:[APRIL.]. Thanks to the RMS developers for the change and thanks to Art McClinton who pushed so hard to get the recording of Symposia sessions started. Just like the Twilight Zone - I feel like I got the very last copy of MicroVMS V4.4. Oh, of course there will be others sent to people who order it specifically or have new software services contracts go into effect. But for a contract that was in effect when V4.4 went to SDC, I feel it took too long to reach me. I realize TK50s take longer but it just arrived today, August 28, 1986. VAX-3 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 DECUS France Publications DECUS France Publications by Nom D. Plume Pageswapper Linguist The French VAX SIG has been sending "The Pageswapper" copies of DECUS France proceedings and publications for some time. They've been arriving many months after issuance, so none of the news is current. But no matter. Little, if any, of the technical information in them is new to American readers of "The Pageswapper". The French have named their newsletter "Siglamene", a pun. "Cyclamen" is the name of a flower (as the editor, J.P. Bordet, explains in the first issue with that name, the cyclamen "is a plant of the Alps and the Jura, with pink blossoms, of which certain varieties with large blossoms are cultivated" -- with a reference to the Larousse encyclopedia in three volumes!); and their motto "Ce que DIGITAL n'apporte pas, le SIG L'AMENE" means "What DIGITAL does not supply, the SIG PROVIDES IT". What is both startling and familiar about the newsletter and other French DECUS publications is how similar in tone they are to their American counterparts. The contents are similar, the concerns are similar, the sense of humor is similar, and the attitude toward Digital is similar. This is more interesting in light of the lack of a serious tradition of hacking in Europe; technical jobs, even with computers, have (at least until recently) been just another kind of white-collar occupation. No plastic pocket protectors, no very informal dress, no late-night Chinese meals. But that seems to be changing, perhaps in part because France has been sending groups of participants to DECUS symposia here for several years. They combine their trips with other business; a typical trip (they're reported on in SIGLAMENE; this one was to last December's DECUS meeting in Anaheim) included several nondisclosure presentations in Maynard, a tour of the semiconductor factory in Hudson, a meal in Hudson (low ratings for that), a visit to the RDC in Colorado, and then the DECUS symposium. Of all their activities, Disneyland seems to have gotten the highest rating for participation. VAX-4 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 DECUS France Publications Representative technical topics covered in the most recent issues received: - Terminal Data Management System - SIRs - array processors attachable to MicroVAXes - the VMS V4 terminal driver - Eunice - how Ultrix-32 handles SYSV compatibility However, they also have some "Petites Annonces": little advertisements, to sell hardware. In one issue one finds for sale a PDP-11/34 (RK05F, RK05J, Plessey PMDD-11, and LA180); four Rainbow 100B (256K, amber screens, hard disk); a CI750 with cabinet, etc. All in all, a very homelike experience reading these. We expect that if future issues contain interesting technical information that hasn't been published here yet, we'll reproduce it in some form. VAX-5 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 Letters Letters The South Australian Institute of Technology The Levels P.O. Box 1, Ingle Farm 5098 Australia Larry Kilgallen, PAGESWAPPER Editor, Box 81, MIT Station, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139-0901 5th August, 1986 Dear Larry, In the July Pageswapper, I complained that Pageswappers arrive here an average of 10 weeks after the first of the month of issue. One result was that the Spring SIR Ballot arrived 7 weeks AFTER the deadline for voting. I am now pleased to report that the delay in Pageswapper delivery has been greatly reduced. The June and July issues actually arrived IN the month of issue. The Fall SIR Ballot arrived before the voting deadline. I don't know who to thank for this improvement, but thank you, whoever you are! Yours sincerely, ROLLO ROSS Network Manager cc: Gary L. Grebus Battelle Columbus Division Room 11-6011 505 King Avenue Columbus, OH 43201 DECUS Australia P.O. Box 384 Chatswood, NSW 2067 VAX-6 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 Letters City of New York Parks and Recreation 830 Fifth Avenue - Room 200 New York, New York 10021 August 13, 1986 Larry Kilgallen Pageswapper Editor Box 81, MIT Station Cambridge, MA 02139-0901 Dear Editors: I have been an avid reader of your publication for a short while now and have enjoyed it tremendously. I currently manage a VAX 11/750 installation at the Department of Parks and Recreation in New York City. I have a minor problem and was wondering whether you or anyone in your staff could offer some assistance. The problem is that we have a great number of users (127 to date) and sometimes the users would log on in the morning and "reserve" a place on the system so that they would be able to work and not risk having to wait when our login limit of 25 is exceeded. It has gotten so bad that some users leave their process on overnight to ensure a space the following day. The only way to ensure that everyone gets equal time on the system is to devise a way to automatically stop a user's process when their terminal has been in a state of inaction for more than 15 minutes, with messages at regular intervals. I know it's done on IBM installations because I've been kicked off many a terminal in my college days. Any suggestions or any references you can offer in this matter would be appreciated. Thank you, Harold Edouard Borough System Manager VAX-7 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 Letters Pageswapper editor's response- As we write, there are also user processes being knocked off VMS machines around the world due to inactivity. The departure from what I presume to be the IBM environment you describe is that under VMS the programs which do the enforcement do not come from DEC but from other sources (usually without charge). There are several different programs of this type on VAX Systems SIG Symposium Tapes over the past couple of years. What most sites do is choose one they like, and modify it. A major reason why DEC has not provided such a program is the number of different enforcement and warning policies desired at various sites. Obviously a major criterion in choosing which program to use is how closely its feature set matches your ideal. Another major criterion is how easy it will be for you to modify the program to make it EXACTLY perfect for your installation (in most cases this means considering what language was used to implement the program). There are several pitfalls in this whole area, such as how to handle subprocesses, how to detect jobs waiting for operator response, and how action a program takes in intercepting a warning you broadcast should not be mistaken for renewed use of the machine. The best way to resolve this situation is to talk with somebody who has done it before, for example someone at your Local User's Group meeting. Contact the DECUS office in Marlboro, Massachusetts to find the LUG nearest to you. VAX-8 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT INPUT/OUTPUT A SIG Information Interchange A form for INPUT/OUTPUT submissions is available at the back of the issue. For information about on-line submission to the Pageswapper dial: (617) 262-6830 (in the United States) using a 1200 baud modem and log in with the username PAGESWAPPER. ================================================================ Note 326.1 3 Wires on DMF32 Port 0 and 1 - Reply to I/O # 291 1 "Gus Altobello" 6 lines 10-AUG-1986 01:50 -< Ok, but don't forget to $WAIT >- ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is what I thought would work, since it had worked by hand, but when I tried it in the SYSTARTUP command file -- no go. Turns out you need a short delay, so I put a $WAIT command between the $SET TERM /MODEM and the $SET TERM/NOMODEM. 1 second wasn't sufficient, but 2 was. Gus Altobello PO Box 11274 Hauppauge, NY 11788 516/435-7036 VAX-9 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT ================================================================ Note 429.1 WPS-PLUS/Graphics 1 of 1 "Bob Hassinger" 7 lines 1-AUG-1986 09:32 -< LN03 resolution limited & look at DECpage >- ---------------------------------------------------------------- The LN03 has some built in limitations that restrict the resolution you can get. 300 dpi can not be done for general graphics. Typically you can only get 150 dpi. The available software to integrate with WPS-PLUS at this level is DECpage. DEC says the new LN03 Plus has full 300 dpi graphics resolution in its 4014 emulation mode but I do not think DECpage can use it. Bob Hassinger Liberty Mutual Research Center 71 Frankland Road Hopkinton, MA 01748 617-435-9061 ================================================================ Note 451.1 SNOBOL for VMS 1 of 1 "Bruce Bowler" 2 lines 19-AUG-1986 11:34 -< SIG tape source >- ---------------------------------------------------------------- There was a SNOBOL on one of the SIG tapes in 84 or 85 ( i don't recall which one) Bruce Bowler General Electric 1 River Road Bldg 2 Room 609 Schenectady, NY 12345 VAX-10 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT ================================================================ Note 487.2 RX02 Drive Errors 2 of 2 "JOHN W JOHNSTONE" 36 lines 8-AUG-1986 19:03 -< RX02 DISKETTE FORMATS >- ---------------------------------------------------------------- The problem with diskette initializing has to do with the way DEC has implemented double density recording on RX02's. When a diskette is initialized to double density on an RX02, this is done by setting a bit in each sector header on the disk. This indicates that the data portion of that sector is to be written or read in double density format. The header portion of each sector always remains in single density format. This is done so that the RX02 can read diskettes created by RX01's (a single density drive) since sector headers are always single density. Non-DEC diskettes formatted for double density have all the sector information, both header and data, recorded in double density format. When a diskette "fresh from the wrapper" is used successfully without formatting, it is because the diskette was formatted to single density by the diskette manufacturer. When formatted to non-DEC double density format by either the diskette manufacturer or some non-DEC drive, the diskette cannot be read by an RX02 since the RX02 is trying to read the sector headers in single density format. A diskette that has been non-DEC double density formatted cannot be reformatted to a DEC format by an RX02 because the RX02 doesn't actually re-write the sector headers when it "formats". Strictly speaking, the RX02 doesn't really format a diskette in the same sense that a non-DEC drive does, since an RX02 doesn't write the entire sector when formatting. This also means that an RX02 cannot reformat a diskette that has been deguassed or one that has errors in the sector headers. This would require hardware such as the DSD drive with its "hyperdiagnostics" mode (true hardware formatting). JOHN W JOHNSTONE AUTODYNAMICS INC 300 HALLS MILL RD FREEHOLD NJ 07728 201-462-9600 X243 VAX-11 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT ================================================================ Note 510.0 CAMAC Driver for VAXELN No replies "Offline Submission" 10 lines 4-AUG-1986 12:34 ---------------------------------------------------------------- We would appreciate comments from anyone utilizing CAMAC under VAXELN. We are particularly interested in a driver for a Kinetic Systems Serial Highway interfaced to a MicroVAX II. Kevin Kearney and Mark Pronko Naval Research Lab Code 4730 Washington, DC 20375 Telephone: (202) 767-3681 ================================================================ Note 511.0 Access to USENET from VMS system 1 reply "Joshua Simons" 17 lines 6-AUG-1986 16:54 ---------------------------------------------------------------- I am looking for public domain software that will let me access USENET from my VMS system. Any pointers will be much appreciated. Joshua Simons Children's Hospital Med Center Dept of Neuroscience/EndersM13 300 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115 Telephone: (617) 735-6568 ================================================================ Note 511.1 Access to USENET from VMS system 1 of 1 "Jamie Hanrahan" 8 lines 25-AUG-1986 13:45 -< Re: Usenet access from VMS >- ---------------------------------------------------------------- There is now a working group within the VAX SIG of DECUS to build just that -- public-domain software to allow VMS systems to talk to Usenet. Nothing exists at present to our knowledge. Come to our working group meeting at the San Francisco Symposium and let us know what you need, and whether or not you'd like to help (among other types of help, we'll need sites to run some very preliminary versions of our stuff...). VAX-12 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT Jamie Hanrahan Simpact Associates c/o PO Box 261687 San Diego, CA 92126 619-565-1865 ================================================================ Note 512.0 Beware of VMS V4.4 /RECLAIM corruption No replies "Larry Kilgallen" 12 lines 9-AUG-1986 16:40 ---------------------------------------------------------------- I have a reproducible problem where the VMSmail command PURGE/RECLAIM will corrupt a previously uncorrupted MAIL.MAI file (corruption being measured by using the command ANALYZE/RMS_FILE). I presume this requires my particular combination of unreclaimed space in the file, but presumably that can be achieved with prolog 3 files by programs besides VMSmail. Running the reproducible example I constructed to send along with the SPR on a VMS V4.2 system (albeit at a different client site) does NOT cause the corruption. Larry Kilgallen Box 81, MIT Station Cambridge, MA 02139-0901 ================================================================ Note 513.0 DECnet on 68000 Personal Computers 1 reply "Offline Submission" 15 lines 12-AUG-1986 22:04 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Does anyone out there have any material which would be of help in implementing DECnet on an Atari 1040ST (or Amiga or MAC)? I hear rumours that some MAC implementations exist. Any hints, code, documentation, contact names or suggested places to look would be of help. Alex Yovanovich System Manager Prince Rupert Grain Limited Suite 2020, 200 Granville Street Vancouver, BC V6C 1S4 (604) 669-2020 VAX-13 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT August 6, 1986 ================================================================ Note 513.1 DECnet on 68000 Personal Computers 1 of 1 "Bob Hassinger" 8 lines 13-AUG-1986 09:54 -< Ethernet interfaces? >- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Related question - has anyone heard of an Ethernet interface for any of these systems? Bob Hassinger Liberty Mutual Research Center 71 Frankland Road Hopkinton, MA 01748 617-435-9061 ================================================================ Note 514.0 SMG - Using SMG$SNAPSHOT to print a screen 1 reply "Thomas W. Garby" 22 lines 18-AUG-1986 18:52 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Help on SMG SMG$SNAPSHOT I am rewritting my QIO screen function to use SMG. Everything is going well except for my ^P function (print screen to output device). The book says that the SNAPSHOT call is supposed to print the contents of the pastebuffer to the specified device. What I want to do is create a pastebuffer to the printer or a disk file and print the contents of the terminal on that device. I do the following command: Create pastebuffer Save Physical screen from the terminal Restore Physical screen to the output Pastebuffer Issue the Snapshot call What I get as output is a file that is 66 by 132 spaces. If I paste the virtual display to the output pastebuffer, rather then the Save and Sestore Physical screen, I get the proper output. The only problem is that I may have 30 Virtual displays on the terminal, and I would have to redo them all in sequence on the output pasteboard. Has anyone done this before??? VAX-14 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT Thomas W. Garby Commercial Computer Services, Inc. 3000 Dundee Rd Suite 402 Northbrook, Il 60062 (312) 480-9880 ================================================================ Note 514.1 SMG - Using SMG$SNAPSHOT to print a screen 1 of 1 "Bruce Bowler" 2 lines 19-AUG-1986 11:39 -< smg$put_pasteboard >- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Have you looked at SMG$PUT_PASTEBOARD?? That is what I use when I wanted to dump a pasteboard to a file, it worked just fine. Bruce Bowler General Electric 1 River Road Bldg 2 Room 609 Schenectady, NY 12345 ================================================================ Note 515.0 Controlling HP laserjet's No replies "Bruce Bowler" 8 lines 19-AUG-1986 12:56 ---------------------------------------------------------------- I am interested in hearing from anyone who has done anything exciting with the HP laserjet printer, I have several of them hooked up and would like to use them for more than just dumb printers. Specifically I was thinking of two-up page printing and not having it spit out so many blank pages do to setup and reset entries from the device control libraries. Thanks. Bruce Bowler General Electric 1 River Road Bldg 2 Room 609 Schenectady, NY 12345 VAX-15 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT ================================================================ Note 516.0 Autodialing a HAYES modem? 3 replies "Bruce Bowler" 7 lines 19-AUG-1986 12:59 ---------------------------------------------------------------- I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has hooked up a Hayes 1200 modem as a dial-out modem using either the SET HOST/DTE interface or some home-grown autodialing/port-control package. This particular modem is also used for incoming calls but security is not really an issue. Thanks. Bruce Bowler General Electric 1 River Road Bldg 2 Room 609 Schenectady, NY 12345 ================================================================ Note 516.1 Autodialing a HAYES modem? 1 of 3 "Larry Kilgallen" 12 lines 20-AUG-1986 00:28 -< I just type dialing directives manually >- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Perhaps my tastes are different, but I just steel myself to learning new modem commands for each different model bought by various client sites. So on a Hayes, I type my ATs and my ATDTs and make the call. It seems so much easier than writing a module to do the dialing for me, especially when you consider the non-robust nature of these things called modems (I find that neither Hayes nor Vadic give any indication that they can tell when they are not connected to a phone line. With that level of non-communicative behaviour, I figure we need me in the loop as a decision-maker on each call.) Larry Kilgallen Box 81, MIT Station Cambridge, MA 02139-0901 VAX-16 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT ================================================================ Note 516.2 Autodialing a HAYES modem? 2 of 3 "Dave Close" 5 lines 22-AUG-1986 13:39 -< one example >- ---------------------------------------------------------------- I use an Anchor Secure 12 as an outbound modem and also for incoming calls. It emulates Hayes. I use both Kermit with manual ATs and VAXNET (from the SIG tape) with its autodialer. Works fine. Feel free to call me to discuss this further. Dave Close Anadex/Printronix 1080 Avenida Acaso Camarillo, CA 93010 805/987-9660 ================================================================ Note 516.3 Autodialing a HAYES modem? 3 of 3 "Joshua Simons" 15 lines 27-AUG-1986 14:29 -< Smartmodem for outgoing calls >- ---------------------------------------------------------------- I am using a Smartmodem for outbound calls. I am using a little program that I wrote for the purpose. The program supports some simple features like recording the incoming stream (used for ASCII file capture) and symbolic names for phone numbers (e.g. I type DIAL PAGESWAP to login here). The program is written mostly in C with a few routines in FORTRAN (!). I am not in a position to distribute this to a large number of people, but if the author of this note is interested, give me a call at 617-735-6568. Josh Simons Joshua Simons Children's Hospital Med Center Dept of Neuroscience/EndersM13 300 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115 VAX-17 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT ================================================================ Note 517.0 DECserver management 1 reply "Bruce Bowler" 8 lines 19-AUG-1986 13:02 ---------------------------------------------------------------- I am looking for someone who has written or wants to write a program that will allow local control of remote DECserver-100's (200's also?) with a somewhat friendlier interface than the native DECserver operating system and NCP. Alternatly, if someone could direct me to a good source that talks about talking MOP to MOM, that would be a big help. Thanks Bruce Bowler General Electric 1 River Road Bldg 2 Room 609 Schenectady, NY 12345 ================================================================ Note 517.1 DECserver management 1 of 1 "Larry Kilgallen" 13 lines 20-AUG-1986 00:21 -< Your goal sounds attainable >- ---------------------------------------------------------------- If you have not, be sure to look at the MOP spec (AA-X436A-TK) and other relevant DECnet specifications in that series. There are certain host-related LAT-plus functions which to the best of my knowledge are not accessed via a documented protocol, but rather by brute-forcing it in kernel mode. A certain amount of reverse-engineering will probably be required considering that for LAT-plus (Version 2, Version 1.2, or whatever) DEC has removed the microfiche from the VMS documentation set, presumably to prevent others from using it for their own hardware boxes. (Also note that in this week's Digital Review one PC-interconnect software vendor has announced their use of LAT protocols). Larry Kilgallen Box 81, MIT Station Cambridge, MA 02139-0901 VAX-18 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT ================================================================ Note 518.0 $SET HOST/DTE in command procedure? 2 replies "Bernard Klatt" 9 lines 19-AUG-1986 18:08 ---------------------------------------------------------------- $SET HOST/DTE in command procedure? Is there a way to use $SET HOST/DTE TXan: command lines in a typical command procedure? Seems like it can only be used in 'interactive' mode. If not, is there any other way to perform an equivalent result? Bernard Klatt Microtronix 1556 Halford Ave #184 Santa Clara ca 95051 408 991-5149 (@ Signetics, Santa Clara, CA) ================================================================ Note 518.1 $SET HOST/DTE in command procedure? 1 of 2 "Larry Kilgallen" 21 lines 19-AUG-1986 23:58 -< Not if you want to run in Batch >- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Presuming your goal is interactive access to an outgoing line preceded and followed by some non-interactive other activity (DCL loops to find a free line, checks to see whether the time-of-day allows cheaper long distance, etc.), I presume your problem is related to the message: %REM-F-NOTERM, command device is not a terminal This can be cured with the command: DEFINE/USER SYS$INPUT SYS$COMMAND in your command file on the line before you issue the SET HOST/DTE command. If, on the other hand, you really want access an outgoing line in BATCH, I would argue that you don't want SET HOST/DTE at all, but rather a series of READ and WRITE statements custom coded for the situation (good luck on handling busy signals in a batch job). VAX-19 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT Larry Kilgallen Box 81, MIT Station Cambridge, MA 02139-0901 ================================================================ Note 518.2 $SET HOST/DTE in command procedure? 2 of 2 "Bob Hassinger" 4 lines 20-AUG-1986 09:16 -< VAXNET is good >- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Take a look at VAXNET on the SIG tapes. It is on most of them but the latest (Spring 86) is always the best. It can do a lot for you. It has some support for making calls in batch mode among other things. Bob Hassinger Liberty Mutual Research Center 71 Frankland Road Hopkinton, MA 01748 617-435-9061 ================================================================ Note 519.0 HSC Software Distribution System Change No replies "Larry Kilgallen" 28 lines 20-AUG-1986 06:33 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Gordon who deals with Tape Storage Systems for DEC was one of two speakers at the Boston VAX LUG last week. At the time he was unable to give any further information on how the transition to SDC distribution of HSC software would be accomplished (although TAxx drives run on HSC controllers, his responsibilities do not extend to the controllers themselves). He got back to me this week, however, after contacting the HSC product manager, and here is the story: When the HSC version 300 software is sent out from the SDC (perhaps by the time these words hit paper - there was a delay which is now lifted) it will be distributed automatically via software distribution channels to customers currently signed up for HARDWARE service on their HSC. With the software will be a letter explaining that the customer has been given an automatic update subscription service which will terminate at the end of their current HARDWARE service contract period. At that time, the customer will have the option of adding HSC distribution to their SOFTWARE product services subscription contract. The VAX-20 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT second possibility is NOT to sign up for subscription service and simply buy the update kits on an individual basis as they come out (much as with software). Of course the third option (which DEC pointed out) is to do nothing and run with the then-current version of HSC software forever (I bet that means being locked into some maximum level of VMS as well). Larry Kilgallen Box 81, MIT Station Cambridge, MA 02139-0901 ================================================================ Note 520.0 DEC Patch to VMS V4.4 RTL for COBOL No replies "Larry Kilgallen" 13 lines 21-AUG-1986 09:08 ---------------------------------------------------------------- DEC is shipping "mandatory update" kits for the VMS and MicroVMS V4.4 Cobol Run-Time Libraries to correct a bug in handling of the Cobol ACCEPT statement with the CONVERSION phrase (digits following any zeros to the right of the decimal point get truncated). The algorithm for distributing this patch seems to be to send it out to the people who are on update service for the Cobol compiler. Anyone with a machine at V4.4 which runs Cobol programs (using this feature) without having the Cobol compiler would presumably also need to apply this patch. Larry Kilgallen Box 81, MIT Station Cambridge, MA 02139-0901 ================================================================ Note 521.0 Concord 2400baud modem, SET HOST dialer available No "M. Erik Husby" 12 lines 26-AUG-1986 13:18 ---------------------------------------------------------------- We have written an autodial program for the CONCORD 2400 baud modem which can be used with SET HOST/DTE/DIAL Contact: VAX-21 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT Erik Husby Project Software & Development, Inc. 14 Story St. Cambridge, Ma. 02138 617-661-1666 We will try to put it on this fall's decus tape. M. Erik Husby Project Software & Development 14 Story St. Cambridge, MA. 02138 (617)-661-1666 ================================================================ Note 522.0 A DCL "TELL node command" procedure No replies "M. Erik Husby" 14 lines 26-AUG-1986 13:23 ---------------------------------------------------------------- I have a simple command procedure which can be used in a DECnet environment to TELL a remote node to do something such as print a file, submit a batch job, define a logical name, or whatever. All output of the remote command is directed back to the local SYS$OUTPUT. It works similar to the NCP TELL command. M. Erik Husby Project Software & Development 14 Story St. Cambridge, MA. 02138 (617)-661-1666 ================================================================ Note 523.0 VAXNET to EasyLink No replies "Dave Close" 4 lines 28-AUG-1986 12:19 ---------------------------------------------------------------- I use VAXNET 9.21 regularly, including auto-dial, and mostly it works fine. I have trouble with auto-connect to EasyLink. It seems the 300 bps garbage Tymnet send confuses VAXNET. Does anybody have any suggestions? Dave Close Anadex/Printronix 1080 Avenida Acaso Camarillo, CA 93010 805/987-9660 VAX-22 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT ================================================================ Note 524.0 Hardware Switching Between VAXs No replies "Offline Submission" 11 lines 28-AUG-1986 18:19 ---------------------------------------------------------------- I am interested in methods to dynamically switch parallel interface hardware (DR11B) between VAX computers under software control. Does anyone have experience with hardware devices which perform this function but do not switch the entire Unibus? C.Niersbach Box 90555 World Way Postal Center Los Angeles, CA 90009 August 20, 1986 * * VAX-23 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 Using a RAMDISK under VMS V4.2 or later Using a RAMDISK under VMS V4.2 or later Andrew W. Potter Rochester Institute of Technology Information Systems and Computing 1 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester NY, 14623 One of the interesting discoveries of VMS V4.2 was the inclusion of a ramdisk device driver distributed with the system. The intent for this driver seems to be to support the ability to boot standalone BACKUP (and hence a subset of VMS) from tape devices. The device driver still works in VMS 4.4 as well. The standalone backup function is only functional from MICROVAX systems, although it would be VERY nice to have on all VAXes as well. Before one attempts to use this device, they must be warned that it is undocumented by VMS, and hence unsupported for any function other than DECs original intention of using it for Standalone backup. I would recomend playing with this when you have the system standalone. Other noteables about this device are: 1) The Device driver allocates physical pages from Non-paged pool. If pool is too small, VMS will expand towards NPAGEVIR. Pages allocated in this manner can be returned to pool, but will never be deallocated from pool to the free list. (at least until you reboot) 2) Make sure NPAGEVIR is big enough to handle a RAMDISK in addition to normal pool allocations. 3) You cannot serve it to the cluster via MSCP To use the device: 1) You need CMKRNL to load the driver and PHYIO to "format" pages to it. VAX-24 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 Using a RAMDISK under VMS V4.2 or later 2) Assemble and link this MACRO program. 3) Load the driver with SYSGEN $ run sys$system:sysgen SYSGEN> connect pda0:/noadapter/driver=pddriver 4) Run the "format" program. This program calls sys$qiow with a function code of IO$FORMAT and the P1 parameter as the number of pages of pool to allocate to the device. 5) Init and Mount the device. "PDA0:" If you wish to reclaim the pool pages: 1) Dismount the device. (PDA0:) 2) Run the format program. Specify 0 as the number of blocks to format. This will deallocate the pages to pool. NOTE It is important to DISMOUNT any file system you have mounted BEFORE you free its pages to pool! It is also important to allocate pages to the device BEFORE you INIT and MOUNT a file system. (INIT will fail with a divide by zero error.) .title format_ramdisk ; ; ; Author: Andrew W. Potter ; Rochester Institute of Technology ; ; This program accesses a RAMDISK and allocates a initial ; size in blocks for the memory device. This size equals ; the ammount of pages taken from Non-paged pool. (ie..If you ; play with this, make sure your NPAGEVIR is set to a big value ; ; VAX-25 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 Using a RAMDISK under VMS V4.2 or later ; to use you must connect the pseudo disk driver ; ; $ run sys$system:sysgen ; SYSGEN> CONNECT PDA0:/NOADAPTER/DRIVER=PDDRIVER ; SYSGEN> EXIT ; ; $IODEF .psect data, NOSHR,PIC,NOEXE,WRT ; ; prompt for device ; prompt: .ascid /RAMDISK Device Name : / ; ; prompt for blocks ; sizepr: .ascid /Size in Blocks : / ; ; ascii block count (input) ; s_blk: .ascid / / ; ; ascii device name (input) ; devnam: .ascid / / ; ; longword specifying size. ; blocks: .blkl 1 ; ; status block for QIO ; istat: .blkl 2 ; ; Channel for QIO ; chan: .blkw 1 ; .psect code, SHR,PIC,EXE,NOWRT ; .entry main ^M<> pushaw devnam ; Push Address of length of DEVNAM pushaq prompt ; Push address of prompt Descripter pushaq devnam ; Push address of Device descripter calls #3,g^lib$get_input ; get the input VAX-26 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 Using a RAMDISK under VMS V4.2 or later blbs r0,ok_1 ; Ok? Continue. ret ; Otherwise return with status ok_1: pushal devnam ; Upcase the response pushal devnam calls #2,g^str$upcase ; pushaw s_blk ; Get the size in blocks pushaq sizepr ; same way as above pushaq s_blk calls #3,g^lib$get_input ; get it. blbs r0,ok_2 ; I survived?...great ret ; nope? later gang ok_2: pushal blocks ; Convert text size to pushaq s_blk ; an unsigned longword. calls #2,g^ots$cvt_tu_l ; blbs r0,ok_3 ret ok_3: $assign_s - ; Get the channel chan = chan, - devnam = devnam blbs r0,ok_4 ret ok_4: ; Call QIOW directly because we want the ; P1 parameter to go by value, not by reference. ; pushl #0 ; P6 pushl #0 ; P5 pushl #0 ; P4 pushl #0 ; P3 pushl #0 ; P2 pushl blocks ; P1 = size of ramdisk pushl #0 ; ASTPRM pushl #0 ; ASTADR pushal istat ; IO status block pushl #IO$_FORMAT ; Function code. (format the thing) movzwl chan,-(sp) ; Channel pushl #0 ; EFN (not used) calls #12,sys$qiow ; Whew...call it blbs r0, end_ok ; Call was ok? ret ; no: later. end_ok: movl istat,r0 ; Yep: leave IO status in r0 for cli ret VAX-27 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 Using a RAMDISK under VMS V4.2 or later .end main VAX-28 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX/VMS Security VAX/VMS Security First in a Series - August, 1986 by Ray Kaplan PIVOTAL, Inc. P.O. Box 32647 Tucson, Arizona 85751-32647 August 22, 1986 Since I teach the 3 day VAX/VMS VAX/VMS Security Features Seminar for DIGITAL'S Educational Services and have interest in this area, it occurs to me to do some writing in it. Perhaps this could become a regular thing. What do you think? Starting at the Beginning The best place to start with any problem is by examining what you are up against. VAX/VMS security is hardly the exception. In addition, they say that "what goes around, comes around", so here goes. Lest I get accused of not doing the job right, I must insist that you begin by reading the Guide to VAX/VMS Security in the VAX/VMS manual set. If you have not read it, you will find that it leads you on a nice soup-to-nuts tour of computer security, how to decide how much you need, what VAX/VMS has to offer, how to turn on what it is that you need, and most importantly, how to manage it once it is turned on. If you own a MicroVAX, your MicroVMS manual set does not contain this manual. Go buy it! If you have one on your shelf, make sure that you have read and understand it. Hackers Facing the common perceptions, VAX/VMS system managers are concerned with "hackers". Who are these folks? Well I am not sure, except to think that I might be one. After all, I hack at coding, my associates say that I hack at VAXing and my significant other says that I hack at our relationship. Therefore, I must be one. Of course, the contemporary definition appears to be something of a heavy handed computer VAX-29 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX/VMS Security "criminal". I remember when "He's just a hack" was an acceptable way to describe someone that "swashbuckled" their way through coding here and there. Sigh. Well, at least we need to explore "where we came from" and "where we are". To that end, I have some suggested reading for you. Pardon me if my list seems either somewhat dated or some what incomplete. I continue to be surprised that a large number of folks have not read: Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution Steven Levy, Anchor Press/Doubleday New York, New York 1984 ISBN 0-385-19195-2 Out of the Inner Circle, A Hacker's Guide to Computer Security Bill "The Cracker" Landreth, Microsoft Press Bellevue, Washington 1985 ISBN 0-914845-36-5 Silent Witness Ed Yourdon, Yourdon Press New York, New York 1982 ISBN 0-917072-28-6 Hackers does a reasonable job of exploring what a contemporary "hacker" is, and and Out of the Inner Circle explores the what and why of our concern for them here in VAXland. Silent Witness is a novel that details an bit of interesting computer sleuthing. If they aren't already there, put them on your book shelf. Organizationally Speaking For only $12 a year you can subscribe to a "hackers newsletter" called 2600. The title has to do with it's "phone phreaking" lineage. Back issues are available. Perhaps the motivation to subscribe comes from the July, 1986 issue where "Violating A VAX" is the lead article. If you are not familiar with simple password grabbers, simple Trojan horses, and viruses, you might want to read it. 2600 is available from: 2600 Enterprises P.O. Box 752 Middle Island, NY 11953-0752 VAX-30 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX/VMS Security 2600's "Private Sector" BBS is available at (201) 366-4431 (300/1200 baud). For the hefty price of $28.00, you can purchase the First Annual Statistical Report of the National Center for Computer Crime Data called Computer Crime, Computer Security, and Computer Ethics. The best thing about it is a complete resource guide that contains the names and addresses of groups and publications that are concerned with computer security, computer ethics and computer crime. If you don't want to invest it it, the bibliography was published in a back issue of 2600, but I think that you should support the center in their work by buying the publication. I would say that the best terse summary of the report is: "if you are going to do it - think big!". They also have other interesting titles like "Introduction to Computer Crime". They are available at: National Center For Computer Crime Data 2700 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Suite 2113 Los Angeles, Ca. 90068 There is the Computer Security Institute. They have the a Computer Security Conference every year, and publish a bi-monthly newsletter and a semi-annual Computer Security Journal. You can contact them at: Computer Security Institute 360 Church St. Northborough, MA 01532 Last, but not least, is a conglomeration that I have yet to sort out. "The National Security Agency, The National Computer Security Center and The National Bureau of Standards and Technology are partners in the development and dissemination of information and technology to improve the security of Federal Government Computer Systems." You can bet that most of it leaks out to us taxpayers that pay for it. I have yet to find out exactly where to poke it all, but I have a good start. You can find some of them at: National Computer Security Center 9800 Savage Rd. Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6000 VAX-31 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX/VMS Security The NBS has a BBS for the Microcomputer Electronic Information Exchange at (301) 948-5718 (300/1200 baud). You will find a lot of interesting stuff there, including an opportunity to post messages to ongoing security discussions AND quite a bit of cogent information about some of the proposed and passed laws that you might be surprised at. So? So, what's an article without a little "meat" in it? I pulled off some interesting stuff from the NBS BBS that I thought you might find it interesting. Welcome to the NBS/ICST Microcomputer Electronic Information Exchange (MEIE) NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY DIAL-UP ACCESS PROTECTION: HARDWARE DEVICES -- PRODUCT LIST 11/27/85 TABLE 1 PORT PROTECTION DEVICES | | NO. PRODUCT | VENDOR |PORTS/LINES | | PROTECTED ================================================== GATEWAY | Adalogic | | 1522 Wistaria Lane | 1 | Los Altos, CA 94022 | | (408) 996-8559 | -------------------------------------------------- CODEM | Adaptive Systems Inc. | | 2527 N. Ridge Ave. | 1 | Arlington Hts., IL 60004| | (312) 253-8429 | -------------------------------------------------- NET/GUARD | Avant-Garde Computing | | 800 Commerce Parkway | 32 TO | Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 | 4096 | (609) 778-7000 | VAX-32 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX/VMS Security -------------------------------------------------- DIALSAFE | | SL | | 1 | | | | -------------- ----------- DIALSAFE 3 | Backus Data Systems Inc.| & 3 PLUS | 1440 Koll Circle, #110 | 3 TO 6 | San Jose, CA 95112 | | (408) 279-8711 | -------------- ----------- DIALSAFE | | 18 | | 6 TO 18 | | | | -------------------------------------------------- TERMINAL |Black Box Catalog | SECURITY |P.O. Box 12800 | 1 DEVICE |Pittsburgh, PA 15241 | |(412) 746-5500 | -------------------------------------------------- SLEUTH | C. H. Systems | (FORMERLY | 8533 W. Sunset Blvd #106| 1 SHERLOCK,ESQ)| Los Angeles, CA 90069 | | (213) 854-3536 | -------------------------------------------------- SECURITY | Cermetek Microelect. | MODEM | P.O. Box 3565 | 1 (also a secu-| Sunnyvale, CA 94088 | rity modem) | | -------------------------------------------------- DEFENDER IIS| | | | 16 | Digital Pathways Inc. | | 1060 E. Meadow Circle | -------------- Palo Alto, CA 94303 ----------- DEFENDER II | (415) 493-5544 | | | 48 STD. | | (OPTIONAL | | TO 384) -------------------------------------------------- GATEKEEPER | Hall-Comsec Ltd. | | 1024 Wakerobin Lane | TO 16 | Fort Collins, CO 80526 | | (303) 223-8039 | VAX-33 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX/VMS Security -------------------------------------------------- SECURITY | Inmac | MODEM | 2465 Augustine Drive | 1 (also a secu-| Santa Clara, CA 95054 | rity modem) | (800) 547-5444 | ------------------------------------------------- ENTERCEPT | Integrated Applic. Inc. | | 8600 Harvard Avenue | 1 | Cleveland, OH 44105 | | (216) 341-6700 | -------------------------------------------------- BARRIER | International Anasazi | | 2914 E. Katella Avenue | 1 | Orange, CA 92667 | | (714) 771-7250 | -------------------------------------------------- TRAQ-NET | LeeMah Datacom Scty Co. | 2000 Series | 3948 Trust Way | 8 TO 128 | Hayward, CA 94545 94133 | | (415) 786-0790 | -------------------------------------------------- DATA SENTRY | Lockheed-GETEX Co. | | 1100 Circle, 75 Parkway | 1 | Atlanta, GA 30339 | | (404) 951-0878 | -------------------------------------------------- DL 125/225 | | | | 1 | Optimum Electronics Inc.| | P.O. Box 250 | -------------| North Haven, CT 06473 |---------- DL 1000 | (203) 239-6098 | (also a tml | | 12 STD. authenticator| | with DC 1125)| | -------------------------------------------------- SERIES 200 | Protocol Computers Inc. | | 6150 Canoga Ave. | MULT. (for IBM-PC | Woodland Hills, CA 91367| to mainframe)| (800) 423-5904 | -------------------------------------------------- PRIVECODE | Sutton Designs Inc. | | 111 S. Cayuga #200 | 1 (mainly for | Ithaca, NY 14850 | voice phones)| (607) 277-4301 | VAX-34 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX/VMS Security -------------------------------------------------- MICRO | | SENTRY | | 1 | | | | -------------- TACT Technology ----------- COMPUTER | (formerly IMM Corp.) | SENTRY | 100 N. 20th Street | 1 | Philadelphia, PA 19103 | | (215) 569-1300 | -------------- ----------- MULTI | | SENTRY | | 16 STD. | | (OPTIONAL | | TO 128) -------------------------------------------------- SECURITY | Terminal Data Corp. | ACCESS | 15733 Crabbs Branch Way | 1 UNIT | Rockville, MD 20855 | | (301) 921-8282 | -------------------------------------------------- OZ GUARDIAN | Tri-Data Inc. | | 505 E. Middlefield Road | 1 | Mountain View, CA 94039 | | (415) 969-3700 | -------------------------------------------------- INTERGUARD | Wall Data Inc. | | 14828 NE 95th Street | 1 | Redmond, WA 98052 | | (800) 433-3388 | -------------------------------------------------- LINEGUARD | | 2001 | | 1 | | | | -------------- ----------- LINEGUARD | Western Datacom | 3000 | 5083 Market Street | 2 | Youngstown, OH 44512 | | (216) 788-6583 | -------------- ----------- LINEGUARD | | 3060 | | 15 STD. | | (OPTIONAL | | TO 60) -------------------------------------------------- VAX-35 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX/VMS Security -------------------------------------------------- TABLE 2 SECURITY MODEMS AND RELATED DEVICES PRODUCT | VENDOR ======================================== 1212 AD-2 | Anderson-Jacobson, Inc. | MODEM | 521 Charcot Avenue | | San Jose, CA 95131 | | (408) 263-8520 | ---------------------------------------- DIALMUX | | | | (security | | multiplexer) | | -------------- | LINEMUX | Backus Data Systems Inc.| | 1440 Koll Circle, #110 | (security | San Jose, CA 95112 | multiplexer) | (408) 279-8711 | -------------- | DIAL- | | CONTENDER | | (port conten-| | der and PPD) | | ---------------------------------------- SECURITY | Cermetek Microelect. | MODEM | P.O. Box 3565 | | Sunnyvale, CA 94088 | (also a PPD) | | ---------------------------------------- CHECKPOINT | Giltronix Inc. | SWITCH | 3780 Fabian Way | (port conten-| Palo Alto, CA 94303 | der/expander)| | ---------------------------------------- SECURITY | Inmac | MODEM | 2465 Augustine Drive | | Santa Clara, CA 95054 | (also a PPD) | (800) 547-5444 | ---------------------------------------- 8213 REV.5 | Penril DataComm | MODEM | 207 Perry Parkway | | Gaithersburg, MD 20877 | | (301) 921-8600 | VAX-36 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX/VMS Security ---------------------------------------- MAXWELL | Racal-Vadic | 2400PA | 1525 McCarthy Blvd. | MODEM | Milpitas, CA 95035 | | (408) 946-2227 | ---------------------------------------- MD212-7E | Ven-Tel Inc. | SECURITY- | 2342 Walsh Ave. | PLUS MODEM | Santa Clara, CA 95051 | | (408) 727-5721 | ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- TABLE 3 USER AUTHENTICATION DEVICES PRODUCT | VENDOR ======================================== CONFIDANTE | Atalla Corp. | (hand-held, | | keyed in | | challenge) | | ---------------------------------------- CODERCARD | Codercard Inc. | (smart card | 2902 Redhill #160 | inserted into| Costa Mesa, CA 92626 | terminal box)| (714) 662-7689 | ---------------------------------------- DEFENDER IID | Digital Pathways Inc. | (PPD with | 1060 E. Meadow Circle | hand-held | Palo Alto, CA 94303 | user authen.)| (415) 493-5544 ---------------------------------------- SAFE-WORD | Enigma Logic Inc. | (hand-held, | 2151 Salvio St. #301 | keyed in | Concord, CA 94520 | challenge) | (415) 827-5707 | ---------------------------------------- GORDIAN | Gordian Systems Inc. | (hand-held, | 3512 West Bayshore Rd. | reads screen | Palo Alto, CA 94303 | challenge) | (415) 494-8414 | ---------------------------------------- MAGNAKEY | MicroFrame Inc. | | 205 Livingston Ave. | (uses magcard| New Brunswick, NJ 08901 | with DataKey)| (201) 828-4499 | VAX-37 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX/VMS Security ---------------------------------------- CAPS-1 | Secure Data Assoc. | (hand-held, | 9500 South 500 W. #209 | keyed in | Sandy, UT 84070 | challenge) | | ---------------------------------------- SECUR-ID | Security Dynamics | (hand-held, | 15 Dwight St. | time-based | Boston, MA 02118 | response) | (617) 542-0976 | ---------------------------------------- PFX PASSPORT | Sytek Inc. | (hand-held, | 1225 Charleston Rd. | keyed in | Mountain View, CA 94039 | challenge) | (415) 966-7300 | ---------------------------------------- LAZERLOCK | United Software Security| (hand-held, | 6867 Elm St. #100 | reads screen | Mclean, VA 22101 | challenge) | (703) 556-0007 | ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- TABLE 4 TERMINAL AUTHENTICATION DEVICES PRODUCT | VENDOR ======================================== ARBITER | Computer Security Sys. | | 1 Huntington Quad. #1C07| (also an | Melville, NY 11747 | encryptor) | (516) 752-7790 | ---------------------------------------- DATA ACCESS | Exide Electronics | SECURITY | 2 Penn Center Plaza | SYSTEM | Philadelphia, PA 19102 | | (215) 422-4000 | ---------------------------------------- SITE AUTHEN- | Icable Manufacturing | TICATION | 4800 Dundas St. West | DEVICE | Toronto, ONT M9A1B1 | | (416) 236-1604 | ---------------------------------------- DATA LOCK | MicroFrame Inc. | & KEY | 205 Livingston Ave. | | New Brunswick, NJ 08901 | | (201) 828-4499 | VAX-38 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX/VMS Security ---------------------------------------- DL 1000 | Optimum Electronics Inc.| WITH | P.O. Box 250 | DK 1125 | North Haven, CT 06473 | (also is PPD)| (203) 239-6098 | ---------------------------------------- Note: The National Bureau of Standards (NBS) endorses NO commercial products. All devices of the types specified known to the author at the time of publication have been included in these tables. No endorsement, approval or recommendation of them by NBS is implied by their inclusion. The above list was put onto the BBS by Eugene F. Troy on 11/27/85. If I missed your favorite source of security information, please drop me a line so I can put it in the next iteration. Until next time, do you know who's using your VAX? Happy Securing! VAX-39 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX System SIG Committee List VAX System SIG Committee List As of July 10, 1986 Osman K. Ahmad - Large Systems Integration Working Group Association of American Railroads Technical Center, Research and Test Department 3140 South Federal Street Chicago, IL 60616 Joe Angelico - Assistant Symposium Coordinator US Coast Guard CCGD8(DT) Hale Boggs Federal Building 500 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 Elizabeth Bailey - Volunteer Coordinator 222 CEB Tennessee Valley Authority Muscle Shoals, AL 35660 June Baker - Advisor Computer Sciences Corporation 6565 Arlington Boulevard Falls Church, VA 22046 Joe L. Bingham - Librarian Mantech International 2320 Mill Road Alexandria, VA 22314 Bob Boyd - Commercial Working Group GE Microelectronics Center MS 2P-04 Post Office Box 13409 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 C. Douglas Brown - Security Sandia Labs Division 2644 P.O. Box 5800 Albuquerque, NM 87185 VAX-40 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX System SIG Committee List Jim Caddick - VAXcluster General Datacom Strait Turnpike Middlebury, CT 06762-1299 Jack Cundiff - Symposium Coordinator Horry-Georgetown Post Office Box 1966 Conway, SC 29526 Tom Danforth - Handout Editor Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Woods Hole, MA 02543 Jim Downward - Migration and Host Development, VAXintosh Working Group KMS Fusion Incorporated 3941 Research Park Drive Ann Arbor MI 48106 Jane Furze - Campground 3830 West Cochise Phoenix, AZ 85064 Dennis Frayne - Real Time/Process Control Working Group McDonnell Douglas 5301 Bolsa Avenue Huntington Beach, CA 92646 Carl E. Friedberg - Internals Working Group In House Systems 165 William Street New York, NY 10038 Don Golden - Communications Committee Representative c/o Shell Oil Company Westhollow Research Center Post Office Box 1380, Room D2132 Houston, TX 77001 B. Hancock - Network Working Group Dimension Data Systems, Incorporated 2510 Limestone Lane Garland, TX 75040 (214) 495-7353 VAX-41 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX System SIG Committee List Jeffrey S. Jalbert - Historian J C C Post Office Box 381 Granville, OH 43023 614-587-0157 Ray Kaplan - MicroVAX Working Group Pivotal Incorporated 6892 East Dorado Court Tucson, AZ 85715 Lawrence J. Kilgallen - Newsletter Editor Box 81, MIT Station Cambridge, MA 02139-0901 Margaret Knox - Chair Computation Center University of Texas Austin, Texas 78712 Art McClinton - Advisor MITRE 1820 Dolley Madison Boulevard McLean, VA 22102 Ross W. Miller - Vice Chair and Working Group Coordinator Online Data Processing, Inc. N 637 Hamilton Spokane, WA 99202 Mark D. Oakley - System Improvement Request Battelle Columbus Labs Room 11-6-008 505 King Avenue Columbus, OH 43201-2669 Eugene Pal - Multiprocessor Working Group US Army CAORA (ATOR-CAT-C) Fort Leavenworth, KA Susan Rehse - System Management Working Group Lockheed Missiles 3251 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94301-1187 VAX-42 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 VAX System SIG Committee List Bob Robbins - Advisor Array Computer Consultants 5364 Woodvale Drive Sarasota, FL 33582 Larry Robertson - Real Time/Process Control Working Group Bear Computer Systems Inc. 5651 Case Avenue North Hollywood, CA David Schmidt - LUG Coordinator, Hardware Working Group Management Sciences Associates 5100 Centre Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15232 Al Siegel - Advisor Battelle Memorial Institute 505 King Avenue Columbus, OH 43201-2693 D. Slater - Artificial Intelligence Working Group Institute for Defense Analysis 1801 North Beavregard Street Alexandria, VA 22314 VAX-43 PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT Submission Form INPUT/OUTPUT Submission Form A SIG Information Interchange Please reprint in the next issue of the Pageswapper If this is a reply to a previous I/O, which number? ________ Caption: ______________________________________________________ Message: ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Contact: Name _______________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Telephone ____________________________ Signature _____________________________ Date ________________ Mail this form to: Larry Kilgallen, PAGESWAPPER Editor Box 81, MIT Station, Cambridge, MA 02139-0901, USA For information about on-line submission, dial (in the United States): (617) 262-6830 and log in with the username PAGESWAPPER. PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 INPUT/OUTPUT Submission Form Tear out or photocopy reverse to submit an I/O item Larry Kilgallen, PAGESWAPPER Editor Box 81, MIT Station Cambridge, MA 02139-0901 USA PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 System Improvement Request Submission Form System Improvement Request Submission Form Page 1 of _____ ________________________________________________________________ Submittor: Firm: Address: Phone: ________________________________________________________________ How to write an SIR: Describe the capability you would like to see available on VAX systems. Be as specific as possible. Please don't assume we know how it's done on the XYZ system. Justify why the capability would be useful and give an example of its use. If you wish, suggest a possible implementation of your request. ________________________________________________________________ Abstract (Please limit to four lines): ________________________________________________________________ Description and examples (use additional pages if required) PAGESWAPPER - October 1986 - Volume 8 Number 3 System Improvement Request Submission Form Tear out or photocopy reverse to submit an SIR Mark D. Oakley Battelle Columbus Division Room 11-6-008 505 King Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43201-2369 USA