CHAPTER VAX PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 Editor's Workfile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VAX-3 Just a Modest VMS Proposal . . . . . . . . . . . VAX-4 Spring 1986 SIR Ballot Results . . . . . . . . . VAX-7 VAX System SIG Committee List . . . . . . . . VAX-18 INPUT/OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VAX-21 Forms at the End INPUT/OUTPUT Submission Form . . . . . . . . . VAX-26 System Improvement Request Submission Form . . VAX-28 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 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. Please do not submit program source, as that is better distributed on the VAX SIG tape. 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There is a registration protocol which involves sending you back an individual username in the mail, more for purposes of establishing an authentication base for publication than for computer security. One of my goals for this arrangement is to speed the turnaround on I/Os. The idea is that some callers may choose to peruse the as-yet-unprinted I/Os and be able to respond to them such that the response hits the press at the same time as the inquiry. We will ensure that I/Os received in the mail get put on-line so that callers can read I/Os from mailers. The mechanism should also work reasonably well for regular articles, letters to the Pageswapper, etc. VAX-3 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 Just a Modest VMS Proposal Just a Modest VMS Proposal edited by Robert B. Goldstein Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation and James Downward KMS Fusion, Inc. At the Fall '85 Decus Symposium, I attended the "Just a Modest VAX Proposal" session. This session provided an opportunity for users to present gripes, taunts, and ideas to Digital developers. Some points were serious and others less so. Some of the items presented were sort of verbal System Improvement Requests (SIRs). I was so impressed that I decided to write this summary. I have excluded some of the more obscure suggestions as well as those that clearly were the result of misinformation. I have indicated, when known, the category into which the judges put each proposal: Cult, Noted or UPG (Useless Product Group). The order of the items here is roughly the order in which they were presented. My apologies for any distortions. 1. DEC CUSTOMER SALES UPDATE - This should be a 'sanitized' version of the DEC internal sales update - with the phone numbers removed. This would enable a customer to specify to his salesperson the exact item of interest by noting the page number in the sales update. 2. PAY AS YOU GO SOFTWARE - DEC should consider software to be a service rather than a product. Each time a layered product is used, it should write a record into an accounting file. This file would be dumped once/month by DEC and used for billing. The amount of payment is directly linked to the amount of usage, and NOT to the type of machine for which it is licensed. This type of pricing is particularly appropriate in a clustered environment. It would also result in a usage profile for your system. 3. DCL COMMAND TRACKING - Keep an accounting record of DCL commands. Have DCL commands be trackable by the accounting utility. - Noted 4. UNBUNDLED VMS - Marketing made easy, or VMS in five easy pieces (and 42 difficult ones). Consistent with DEC's "new wave" marketing policies, a simple restructuring of VMS for fun and (especially) profit. - UPG VAX-4 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 Just a Modest VMS Proposal 5. SUPPORT ALL DEC TERMINALS - The VMS command, SET TERM/DEVICE=devicename, should work for all serial devices that DEC manufactures. Currently it does not work for VT240, LN03, or LA50. - Noted 6. USE THE PHONE, DUMMY - The SPR forms have a space for the phone number of the originator of the SPR. Whoever processes the SPRs never uses the phone number, but instead responds formally, with a turnaround time of many months. - Noted 7. LIB$PUT_ERROR - Provide a LIB$PUT_ERROR analogous to LIB$PUT_OUTPUT, which would write to SYS$ERROR. - Noted 8. SYS$DEFAULT_PRINT - A logical should be added that would define the default printer and batch queues for a user. - Noted 9. SHOW ME MORE - Modify the SHOW PROCESS command so that it indicates the indirect command file currently being executed by the process. - Noted 10. BACKUP COPY UTILITY - Have a BACKUP/COPY_SAVESET command that will allow a saveset to be easily copied to and from magtape. - Noted 11. VAX SYSTEM SECURITY LEAK - VMS security bugs are posted on public mailing lists. Can we please have a secure way of finding out about security bugs in VMS? Perhaps a timely DSIN flash? - Noted 12. PAINLESS VMS UPGRADES - VMS upgrades should be made less painful, possibly by allowing it to be done on-line and possibly on a spare backup copy of the system disk. 13. VIRTUAL TERMINAL SUPPORT - Virtual terminal support needs to be improved. Some items to include are a)indication of detatchment b)indication of buffer not empty. - Noted 14. MAKE TERMINAL SERVER INFO AVAILABLE - Utilities that usually give information about the port connection should also be able to report the terminal server name and port number. Some utilities that should do this are Accounting, SHOW TERM and NCP. 15. LETS GET "TP"-ED: A TERMINAL PRINTER PORT DRIVER. VMS should provide support for printers connected through the printer ports on terminals. This device can be designated TP: . Utilities and library routines would have support for this device rather than users writing their own utilities. VAX-5 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 Just a Modest VMS Proposal 16. NEW DUMP SWITCHES - Dump switches such as /FROM=1st block and /TO=last block and /BACKWARDS are needed (FROM and TO already exist as options for the /BLOCKS and /RECORDS switches - ed.) - Cult 17. CUSTOMER SUPPORT CENTER SHOULD BE TOLD FIRST - We received Fortran 4.n before Colorado, hence installation problems weren't handled well. - Cult 18. VMS SECURITY ERASE SHOULD BE ASYNCHRONOUS - We shouldn't have to wait for the $ after we delete a file. - Cult 19. ACL ON BATCH/PRINT QUEUES - ACLs exist on files, devices, global sections - how about ACL on queues? - Noted 20. PUSH BUTTON VMS - Make VMS "menu" driven - Cult The following items were submitted but time did not permit their presentation: 1. 1 LINE COMMAND PROCEDURES - Expand DCL so that p1-p8 symbol substitution is allowed within a symbol definition. T Example is PROTECT :== SET FILE 'p1'/ PROTECT=('p2') 2. WORKINGSET SIZE ADJUSTMENT - DEC encourages us to "tune" the system by using WSQUOTA, WSDEFAULT, WSEXTENT, etc. How about letting us specify these on a per IMAGE rather than a per username basis? 3. SYSTEM STATE SAVE/RESTORE UTILITIES - The purpose is to allow a VAX that is powered through a short-lived UPS power system to save its state and recover it smoothly. This would take the form of a pair of complementary VMS utilities. The first would allow all outstanding I/O to complete but no new I/O to start. When this is done, the system state is dumped to disk and the system crashed. The second utility would restore the saved state and resume execution at the point at which it was interrupted. 4. MACRO32 .INCLUDE - MACRO32 needs a .INCLUDE statement. 5. RAISE SHOW PROCESS TO NEW HEIGHTS - SHOW PROCESS should be able to show the code segment of images with large data areas. This would be SHOW PROCESS/CONT/BASE=ADDRESS. VAX-6 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 Spring 1986 SIR Ballot Results Spring 1986 SIR Ballot Results Gary Grebus SIR Coordinator It seems that the VAXSIG membership believes in the philosophy of simpler is better. The simplified SIR Ballot, published in the February 1986 issue of the Pageswapper has finally reversed the trend of declining participation. The 364 ballots received by the deadline is more than double the response received to the Fall 1985 ballot. Hopefully, participation will continue to build. It's still hard to believe that, out of the thousands of VAXSIG members who get the SIG newsletters, so few people take the time to give their opinion. The SIR ballot is the only on-going program by which the SIG provides input to Digital. Top 10 (and other) SIR's continue to be incorporated into VMS. Digital has repeatedly encouraged the use of this channel of communication. The new ballot takes much less time to fill out. Maybe there really are only a few hundred people reading the Pageswapper? The summary of this voting appears below. Digital's response to the top 10 requests overall will be presented at the Fall 1986 DECUS Symposium in Dallas. At the same session we will also receive a progress report on past top 10 requests that are still in the works. Look for a full report in the next issue of the Pageswapper. Interpreting the SIR Ballot Results The results of the System Improvement Request ballot are show on the following pages. All of the reports have the same one page format. Following the report title is the number of ballots counted for that report. The number shown on the "All Users" report is the total number of ballots which were returned. The ballots on the "11/780 Users" report is the number of ballots which checked the "11/780" blank on the ballot questionnaire, and so on. The SIR's are listed on the page in order of points received, from highest to lowest. The entry for each SIR begins with the SIR number (from the ballot), a brief description, and the total number of votes received by that SIR. Next are listed the number of ballots which assigned positive and negative votes to the SIR. These numbers are expressed both as percentage of the total number of ballots and as a raw count. The percentage is based on the number of ballots shown at the top of the page. VAX-7 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 Spring 1986 SIR Ballot Results The data is summarized in two different ways. First, there are a series of reports broken down by user category. The user categories are defined by the questionnaire portion of the SIR ballot. A ballot was counted in each user category which was checked off, for example "11/780 user". Finally, there are a series of reports ranking the SIR's within SIR category. The SIR categories are those shown on the ballot, for example "DCL and Utilities" and "Commercial". The reports by SIR category use the data from all ballots received. VAX-8 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 THE TOP 50 SIR's AS RANKED BY ALL USERS Total ballots in this category: 364 SIR SIR Total % Ballots % Ballots Total Total Nr. Description Votes FOR AGAINST FOR AGAINST 26 Show open files for a process 200 55.2 0.3 201 1 9 Support linking of terminal sessions 163 47.3 2.5 172 9 20 Support a "printable" file attribute 138 39.0 1.1 142 4 25 Enhance VMS MAIL facility 136 37.6 0.3 137 1 33 Keep times synchronized on cluster 121 33.5 0.3 122 1 42 Record attempted usernames on login fail 118 35.7 3.3 130 12 35 Provide cluster-wide management tools 105 28.8 0.0 105 0 19 Add description field to file header 102 32.1 4.1 117 15 6 Support wildcards in $GETDVI 95 26.1 0.0 95 0 31 Improve DCL substitution and parsing 90 27.2 2.5 99 9 29 Enhance DCL command recall 89 28.3 3.8 103 14 5 Support TCP/IP on VMS 88 24.2 0.0 88 0 14 Support standard print file format 82 23.4 0.8 85 3 4 Allow SYSDUMP files not on sys disk 82 22.5 0.0 82 0 16 Improve call interface to job queues 75 20.6 0.0 75 0 52 Provide column editting in EDT 73 23.9 3.8 87 14 12 Provide a memory-disk for VMS 67 21.7 3.3 79 12 32 Enhance the DEASSIGN command 67 19.5 1.1 71 4 1 Provide program access to DECnet config 66 18.1 0.0 66 0 44 Prevent users from reusing passwords 63 25.0 7.7 91 28 45 Provide ACL protection on printers 59 16.2 0.0 59 0 43 Allow security alarms to be sent to file 56 15.7 0.3 57 1 36 Provide DCL facility like NCP TELL 51 14.3 0.3 52 1 38 Allow image-controlled file access 48 15.4 2.2 56 8 46 Fix handling of ACL's on installed image 47 13.2 0.3 48 1 55 Provide nesting depth counts in FORTRAN 47 12.9 0.0 47 0 28 Add restart capability to DIRECTORY 46 15.9 3.3 58 12 2 Add system wide event flag clusters 45 12.4 0.0 45 0 54 Provide overwrite mode in EDT 43 14.6 2.7 53 10 50 Allow EDT to set tabs in any column 43 15.1 3.3 55 12 24 Increase limit on foreign command size 41 11.3 0.0 41 0 27 Improve SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS 41 11.5 0.3 42 1 41 Improve node authentication in DECnet 41 11.3 0.0 41 0 56 Provide "64-bit mode" qualifer for FORTR 40 12.4 1.4 45 5 48 Better control of operator logins 39 12.9 2.2 47 8 10 Add utility to list timer queue 38 10.7 0.3 39 1 3 Improve SMG support of hardcopy 38 10.7 0.3 39 1 34 Support cluster-wide spooled devices 35 9.6 0.0 35 0 7 No trailing commas in sys. svc. calls 35 13.2 3.6 48 13 40 Add DECnet End-to-end encryption 34 9.9 0.5 36 2 60 Improve debugger support for MACRO 33 9.1 0.0 33 0 18 Make SWAPPER multi-threaded 32 9.1 0.3 33 1 13 Flag autoconfig devices in SYSGEN 32 9.1 0.3 33 1 17 The VMS source kit should be cheaper 32 11.5 2.7 42 10 53 Provide SPAWN command in EDT 30 12.6 4.4 46 16 58 Provide DO-UNTIL in FORTRAN 28 10.2 2.5 37 9 51 Provide window support in EDT 27 11.3 3.8 41 14 23 Provide better control of SYS$ERROR 25 7.4 0.5 27 2 37 Support CI based intertask transfers 25 7.4 0.5 27 2 15 Improve SMG input routines 24 6.6 0.0 24 0 VAX-9 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 THE TOP 50 SIR's AS RANKED BY VAX 8600 USERS Total ballots in this category: 86 SIR SIR Total % Ballots % Ballots Total Total Nr. Description Votes FOR AGAINST FOR AGAINST 33 Keep times synchronized on cluster 53 61.6 0.0 53 0 26 Show open files for a process 50 58.1 0.0 50 0 35 Provide cluster-wide management tools 45 52.3 0.0 45 0 25 Enhance VMS MAIL facility 36 41.9 0.0 36 0 9 Support linking of terminal sessions 34 43.0 3.5 37 3 4 Allow SYSDUMP files not on sys disk 30 34.9 0.0 30 0 20 Support a "printable" file attribute 30 34.9 0.0 30 0 6 Support wildcards in $GETDVI 24 27.9 0.0 24 0 38 Allow image-controlled file access 24 29.1 1.2 25 1 29 Enhance DCL command recall 23 29.1 2.3 25 2 19 Add description field to file header 23 31.4 4.7 27 4 5 Support TCP/IP on VMS 22 25.6 0.0 22 0 36 Provide DCL facility like NCP TELL 21 24.4 0.0 21 0 41 Improve node authentication in DECnet 21 24.4 0.0 21 0 1 Provide program access to DECnet config 20 23.3 0.0 20 0 43 Allow security alarms to be sent to file 20 23.3 0.0 20 0 42 Record attempted usernames on login fail 18 29.1 8.1 25 7 44 Prevent users from reusing passwords 18 29.1 8.1 25 7 45 Provide ACL protection on printers 18 20.9 0.0 18 0 40 Add DECnet End-to-end encryption 16 18.6 0.0 16 0 24 Increase limit on foreign command size 16 18.6 0.0 16 0 32 Enhance the DEASSIGN command 16 18.6 0.0 16 0 31 Improve DCL substitution and parsing 15 20.9 3.5 18 3 27 Improve SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS 14 16.3 0.0 14 0 2 Add system wide event flag clusters 14 16.3 0.0 14 0 34 Support cluster-wide spooled devices 13 15.1 0.0 13 0 12 Provide a memory-disk for VMS 12 15.1 1.2 13 1 16 Improve call interface to job queues 12 14.0 0.0 12 0 14 Support standard print file format 10 12.8 1.2 11 1 28 Add restart capability to DIRECTORY 10 17.4 5.8 15 5 46 Fix handling of ACL's on installed image 9 10.5 0.0 9 0 10 Add utility to list timer queue 8 10.5 1.2 9 1 37 Support CI based intertask transfers 8 10.5 1.2 9 1 60 Improve debugger support for MACRO 8 9.3 0.0 8 0 15 Improve SMG input routines 7 8.1 0.0 7 0 55 Provide nesting depth counts in FORTRAN 7 8.1 0.0 7 0 56 Provide "64-bit mode" qualifer for FORTR 7 9.3 1.2 8 1 13 Flag autoconfig devices in SYSGEN 7 9.3 1.2 8 1 3 Improve SMG support of hardcopy 6 7.0 0.0 6 0 18 Make SWAPPER multi-threaded 6 8.1 1.2 7 1 54 Provide overwrite mode in EDT 5 11.6 5.8 10 5 48 Better control of operator logins 5 9.3 3.5 8 3 49 Add asynchronous data security erase 5 5.8 0.0 5 0 52 Provide column editting in EDT 5 15.1 9.3 13 8 17 The VMS source kit should be cheaper 4 12.8 8.1 11 7 23 Provide better control of SYS$ERROR 4 5.8 1.2 5 1 61 Provide LSE support for MACRO 4 4.7 0.0 4 0 57 Improve data structure support in FORTRA 3 5.8 2.3 5 2 58 Provide DO-UNTIL in FORTRAN 2 7.0 4.7 6 4 50 Allow EDT to set tabs in any column 2 11.6 9.3 10 8 VAX-10 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 THE TOP 50 SIR's AS RANKED BY 11/782 USERS Total ballots in this category: 11 SIR SIR Total % Ballots % Ballots Total Total Nr. Description Votes FOR AGAINST FOR AGAINST 26 Show open files for a process 7 63.6 0.0 7 0 25 Enhance VMS MAIL facility 6 54.5 0.0 6 0 19 Add description field to file header 5 45.5 0.0 5 0 35 Provide cluster-wide management tools 5 45.5 0.0 5 0 44 Prevent users from reusing passwords 5 45.5 0.0 5 0 5 Support TCP/IP on VMS 4 36.4 0.0 4 0 6 Support wildcards in $GETDVI 4 36.4 0.0 4 0 33 Keep times synchronized on cluster 4 36.4 0.0 4 0 4 Allow SYSDUMP files not on sys disk 4 36.4 0.0 4 0 40 Add DECnet End-to-end encryption 4 36.4 0.0 4 0 42 Record attempted usernames on login fail 4 36.4 0.0 4 0 20 Support a "printable" file attribute 4 36.4 0.0 4 0 32 Enhance the DEASSIGN command 3 27.3 0.0 3 0 1 Provide program access to DECnet config 3 27.3 0.0 3 0 13 Flag autoconfig devices in SYSGEN 3 27.3 0.0 3 0 24 Increase limit on foreign command size 3 27.3 0.0 3 0 41 Improve node authentication in DECnet 3 27.3 0.0 3 0 17 The VMS source kit should be cheaper 3 27.3 0.0 3 0 18 Make SWAPPER multi-threaded 3 27.3 0.0 3 0 46 Fix handling of ACL's on installed image 3 27.3 0.0 3 0 29 Enhance DCL command recall 2 18.2 0.0 2 0 16 Improve call interface to job queues 2 18.2 0.0 2 0 12 Provide a memory-disk for VMS 2 18.2 0.0 2 0 28 Add restart capability to DIRECTORY 2 18.2 0.0 2 0 36 Provide DCL facility like NCP TELL 2 18.2 0.0 2 0 38 Allow image-controlled file access 1 9.1 0.0 1 0 39 Implement mandatory security controls 1 9.1 0.0 1 0 2 Add system wide event flag clusters 1 9.1 0.0 1 0 7 No trailing commas in sys. svc. calls 1 9.1 0.0 1 0 34 Support cluster-wide spooled devices 1 9.1 0.0 1 0 9 Support linking of terminal sessions 1 27.3 18.2 3 2 31 Improve DCL substitution and parsing 1 9.1 0.0 1 0 49 Add asynchronous data security erase 1 9.1 0.0 1 0 50 Allow EDT to set tabs in any column 1 9.1 0.0 1 0 52 Provide column editting in EDT 1 9.1 0.0 1 0 56 Provide "64-bit mode" qualifer for FORTR 1 9.1 0.0 1 0 60 Improve debugger support for MACRO 1 9.1 0.0 1 0 61 Provide LSE support for MACRO 1 9.1 0.0 1 0 11 Default to OWNER:RWED on CREATE/DIR 0 27.3 27.3 3 3 VAX-11 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 THE TOP 50 SIR's AS RANKED BY 11/780 and 11/785 USERS Total ballots in this category: 259 SIR SIR Total % Ballots % Ballots Total Total Nr. Description Votes FOR AGAINST FOR AGAINST 26 Show open files for a process 147 56.8 0.0 147 0 9 Support linking of terminal sessions 115 47.1 2.7 122 7 33 Keep times synchronized on cluster 105 40.9 0.4 106 1 25 Enhance VMS MAIL facility 98 37.8 0.0 98 0 20 Support a "printable" file attribute 97 38.2 0.8 99 2 35 Provide cluster-wide management tools 90 34.7 0.0 90 0 42 Record attempted usernames on login fail 75 32.8 3.9 85 10 29 Enhance DCL command recall 71 30.1 2.7 78 7 6 Support wildcards in $GETDVI 70 27.0 0.0 70 0 19 Add description field to file header 69 30.5 3.9 79 10 5 Support TCP/IP on VMS 67 25.9 0.0 67 0 4 Allow SYSDUMP files not on sys disk 66 25.5 0.0 66 0 31 Improve DCL substitution and parsing 64 27.4 2.7 71 7 16 Improve call interface to job queues 58 22.4 0.0 58 0 1 Provide program access to DECnet config 56 21.6 0.0 56 0 14 Support standard print file format 52 20.5 0.4 53 1 43 Allow security alarms to be sent to file 50 19.7 0.4 51 1 44 Prevent users from reusing passwords 50 26.3 6.9 68 18 32 Enhance the DEASSIGN command 48 19.7 1.2 51 3 52 Provide column editting in EDT 48 23.6 5.0 61 13 45 Provide ACL protection on printers 46 17.8 0.0 46 0 38 Allow image-controlled file access 43 18.9 2.3 49 6 36 Provide DCL facility like NCP TELL 43 17.0 0.4 44 1 41 Improve node authentication in DECnet 37 14.3 0.0 37 0 27 Improve SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS 36 13.9 0.0 36 0 2 Add system wide event flag clusters 35 13.5 0.0 35 0 46 Fix handling of ACL's on installed image 35 13.5 0.0 35 0 12 Provide a memory-disk for VMS 35 16.6 3.1 43 8 56 Provide "64-bit mode" qualifer for FORTR 34 13.9 0.8 36 2 55 Provide nesting depth counts in FORTRAN 33 12.7 0.0 33 0 28 Add restart capability to DIRECTORY 33 16.2 3.5 42 9 24 Increase limit on foreign command size 31 12.0 0.0 31 0 40 Add DECnet End-to-end encryption 30 12.0 0.4 31 1 54 Provide overwrite mode in EDT 29 14.7 3.5 38 9 50 Allow EDT to set tabs in any column 27 14.7 4.2 38 11 34 Support cluster-wide spooled devices 26 10.0 0.0 26 0 48 Better control of operator logins 25 12.4 2.7 32 7 10 Add utility to list timer queue 24 9.7 0.4 25 1 13 Flag autoconfig devices in SYSGEN 22 8.9 0.4 23 1 18 Make SWAPPER multi-threaded 22 8.9 0.4 23 1 3 Improve SMG support of hardcopy 22 8.5 0.0 22 0 23 Provide better control of SYS$ERROR 21 8.9 0.8 23 2 60 Improve debugger support for MACRO 21 8.1 0.0 21 0 37 Support CI based intertask transfers 20 8.1 0.4 21 1 17 The VMS source kit should be cheaper 20 11.2 3.5 29 9 49 Add asynchronous data security erase 19 9.3 1.9 24 5 58 Provide DO-UNTIL in FORTRAN 17 10.0 3.5 26 9 15 Improve SMG input routines 17 6.6 0.0 17 0 53 Provide SPAWN command in EDT 16 11.6 5.4 30 14 57 Improve data structure support in FORTRA 16 6.9 0.8 18 2 VAX-12 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 THE TOP 50 SIR's AS RANKED BY 11/750 USERS Total ballots in this category: 213 SIR SIR Total % Ballots % Ballots Total Total Nr. Description Votes FOR AGAINST FOR AGAINST 26 Show open files for a process 114 54.0 0.5 115 1 9 Support linking of terminal sessions 90 45.5 3.3 97 7 20 Support a "printable" file attribute 82 39.4 0.9 84 2 25 Enhance VMS MAIL facility 78 37.1 0.5 79 1 33 Keep times synchronized on cluster 73 34.3 0.0 73 0 42 Record attempted usernames on login fail 66 33.3 2.3 71 5 35 Provide cluster-wide management tools 61 28.6 0.0 61 0 5 Support TCP/IP on VMS 56 26.3 0.0 56 0 29 Enhance DCL command recall 55 29.6 3.8 63 8 6 Support wildcards in $GETDVI 54 25.4 0.0 54 0 19 Add description field to file header 53 29.6 4.7 63 10 31 Improve DCL substitution and parsing 52 27.2 2.8 58 6 14 Support standard print file format 48 23.5 0.9 50 2 4 Allow SYSDUMP files not on sys disk 46 21.6 0.0 46 0 16 Improve call interface to job queues 43 20.2 0.0 43 0 32 Enhance the DEASSIGN command 42 21.1 1.4 45 3 1 Provide program access to DECnet config 42 19.7 0.0 42 0 52 Provide column editting in EDT 42 23.5 3.8 50 8 12 Provide a memory-disk for VMS 39 22.1 3.8 47 8 45 Provide ACL protection on printers 34 16.0 0.0 34 0 36 Provide DCL facility like NCP TELL 33 15.5 0.0 33 0 43 Allow security alarms to be sent to file 31 15.0 0.5 32 1 44 Prevent users from reusing passwords 31 22.5 8.0 48 17 41 Improve node authentication in DECnet 29 13.6 0.0 29 0 10 Add utility to list timer queue 29 13.6 0.0 29 0 2 Add system wide event flag clusters 29 13.6 0.0 29 0 46 Fix handling of ACL's on installed image 28 13.6 0.5 29 1 18 Make SWAPPER multi-threaded 26 12.2 0.0 26 0 50 Allow EDT to set tabs in any column 26 14.6 2.3 31 5 3 Improve SMG support of hardcopy 26 12.2 0.0 26 0 17 The VMS source kit should be cheaper 25 12.7 0.9 27 2 28 Add restart capability to DIRECTORY 24 14.6 3.3 31 7 38 Allow image-controlled file access 24 13.1 1.9 28 4 54 Provide overwrite mode in EDT 24 14.1 2.8 30 6 55 Provide nesting depth counts in FORTRAN 23 10.8 0.0 23 0 24 Increase limit on foreign command size 22 10.3 0.0 22 0 48 Better control of operator logins 22 12.2 1.9 26 4 7 No trailing commas in sys. svc. calls 22 13.6 3.3 29 7 40 Add DECnet End-to-end encryption 21 10.8 0.9 23 2 60 Improve debugger support for MACRO 21 9.9 0.0 21 0 27 Improve SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS 20 9.9 0.5 21 1 37 Support CI based intertask transfers 19 9.9 0.9 21 2 34 Support cluster-wide spooled devices 18 8.5 0.0 18 0 11 Default to OWNER:RWED on CREATE/DIR 18 23.9 15.5 51 33 58 Provide DO-UNTIL in FORTRAN 18 10.3 1.9 22 4 15 Improve SMG input routines 18 8.5 0.0 18 0 13 Flag autoconfig devices in SYSGEN 17 8.5 0.5 18 1 57 Improve data structure support in FORTRA 17 8.0 0.0 17 0 61 Provide LSE support for MACRO 17 8.0 0.0 17 0 56 Provide "64-bit mode" qualifer for FORTR 16 9.9 2.3 21 5 VAX-13 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 THE TOP 50 SIR's AS RANKED BY 11/730 and 11/725 USERS Total ballots in this category: 83 SIR SIR Total % Ballots % Ballots Total Total Nr. Description Votes FOR AGAINST FOR AGAINST 26 Show open files for a process 47 57.8 1.2 48 1 20 Support a "printable" file attribute 37 45.8 1.2 38 1 19 Add description field to file header 36 47.0 3.6 39 3 9 Support linking of terminal sessions 34 45.8 4.8 38 4 25 Enhance VMS MAIL facility 31 38.6 1.2 32 1 33 Keep times synchronized on cluster 29 34.9 0.0 29 0 42 Record attempted usernames on login fail 28 34.9 1.2 29 1 6 Support wildcards in $GETDVI 25 30.1 0.0 25 0 12 Provide a memory-disk for VMS 25 34.9 4.8 29 4 16 Improve call interface to job queues 22 26.5 0.0 22 0 29 Enhance DCL command recall 21 32.5 7.2 27 6 1 Provide program access to DECnet config 21 25.3 0.0 21 0 4 Allow SYSDUMP files not on sys disk 21 25.3 0.0 21 0 35 Provide cluster-wide management tools 19 22.9 0.0 19 0 31 Improve DCL substitution and parsing 18 25.3 3.6 21 3 5 Support TCP/IP on VMS 18 21.7 0.0 18 0 2 Add system wide event flag clusters 17 20.5 0.0 17 0 14 Support standard print file format 16 21.7 2.4 18 2 13 Flag autoconfig devices in SYSGEN 15 19.3 1.2 16 1 44 Prevent users from reusing passwords 15 24.1 6.0 20 5 55 Provide nesting depth counts in FORTRAN 15 18.1 0.0 15 0 38 Allow image-controlled file access 13 15.7 0.0 13 0 17 The VMS source kit should be cheaper 13 18.1 2.4 15 2 10 Add utility to list timer queue 12 15.7 1.2 13 1 43 Allow security alarms to be sent to file 12 15.7 1.2 13 1 24 Increase limit on foreign command size 12 14.5 0.0 12 0 50 Allow EDT to set tabs in any column 12 18.1 3.6 15 3 32 Enhance the DEASSIGN command 12 16.9 2.4 14 2 41 Improve node authentication in DECnet 11 13.3 0.0 11 0 18 Make SWAPPER multi-threaded 11 13.3 0.0 11 0 3 Improve SMG support of hardcopy 11 14.5 1.2 12 1 40 Add DECnet End-to-end encryption 9 12.0 1.2 10 1 52 Provide column editting in EDT 9 16.9 6.0 14 5 45 Provide ACL protection on printers 9 10.8 0.0 9 0 58 Provide DO-UNTIL in FORTRAN 9 13.3 2.4 11 2 60 Improve debugger support for MACRO 9 10.8 0.0 9 0 15 Improve SMG input routines 8 9.6 0.0 8 0 61 Provide LSE support for MACRO 8 9.6 0.0 8 0 28 Add restart capability to DIRECTORY 7 13.3 4.8 11 4 23 Provide better control of SYS$ERROR 7 9.6 1.2 8 1 57 Improve data structure support in FORTRA 7 8.4 0.0 7 0 27 Improve SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS 7 8.4 0.0 7 0 48 Better control of operator logins 7 13.3 4.8 11 4 37 Support CI based intertask transfers 7 9.6 1.2 8 1 34 Support cluster-wide spooled devices 6 7.2 0.0 6 0 49 Add asynchronous data security erase 6 10.8 3.6 9 3 36 Provide DCL facility like NCP TELL 6 7.2 0.0 6 0 46 Fix handling of ACL's on installed image 5 7.2 1.2 6 1 21 Improve RMS control block macros 5 6.0 0.0 5 0 56 Provide "64-bit mode" qualifer for FORTR 4 7.2 2.4 6 2 VAX-14 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 THE TOP 50 SIR's AS RANKED BY MicroVAX USERS Total ballots in this category: 144 SIR SIR Total % Ballots % Ballots Total Total Nr. Description Votes FOR AGAINST FOR AGAINST 26 Show open files for a process 69 48.6 0.7 70 1 25 Enhance VMS MAIL facility 66 46.5 0.7 67 1 33 Keep times synchronized on cluster 59 41.0 0.0 59 0 9 Support linking of terminal sessions 55 42.4 4.2 61 6 20 Support a "printable" file attribute 54 39.6 2.1 57 3 35 Provide cluster-wide management tools 46 31.9 0.0 46 0 4 Allow SYSDUMP files not on sys disk 45 31.3 0.0 45 0 6 Support wildcards in $GETDVI 45 31.3 0.0 45 0 5 Support TCP/IP on VMS 43 29.9 0.0 43 0 29 Enhance DCL command recall 39 29.2 2.1 42 3 1 Provide program access to DECnet config 37 25.7 0.0 37 0 19 Add description field to file header 37 31.9 6.3 46 9 42 Record attempted usernames on login fail 34 29.9 6.3 43 9 14 Support standard print file format 30 22.2 1.4 32 2 16 Improve call interface to job queues 29 20.1 0.0 29 0 12 Provide a memory-disk for VMS 29 22.9 2.8 33 4 2 Add system wide event flag clusters 29 20.1 0.0 29 0 31 Improve DCL substitution and parsing 28 23.6 4.2 34 6 43 Allow security alarms to be sent to file 28 19.4 0.0 28 0 45 Provide ACL protection on printers 26 18.1 0.0 26 0 44 Prevent users from reusing passwords 23 22.9 6.9 33 10 38 Allow image-controlled file access 23 17.4 1.4 25 2 46 Fix handling of ACL's on installed image 23 16.0 0.0 23 0 41 Improve node authentication in DECnet 21 14.6 0.0 21 0 32 Enhance the DEASSIGN command 21 17.4 2.8 25 4 27 Improve SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS 21 15.3 0.7 22 1 40 Add DECnet End-to-end encryption 20 14.6 0.7 21 1 52 Provide column editting in EDT 20 17.4 3.5 25 5 24 Increase limit on foreign command size 18 12.5 0.0 18 0 13 Flag autoconfig devices in SYSGEN 17 12.5 0.7 18 1 55 Provide nesting depth counts in FORTRAN 17 11.8 0.0 17 0 10 Add utility to list timer queue 16 11.1 0.0 16 0 36 Provide DCL facility like NCP TELL 16 11.8 0.7 17 1 18 Make SWAPPER multi-threaded 16 11.8 0.7 17 1 3 Improve SMG support of hardcopy 16 11.1 0.0 16 0 23 Provide better control of SYS$ERROR 15 11.1 0.7 16 1 56 Provide "64-bit mode" qualifer for FORTR 15 13.9 3.5 20 5 37 Support CI based intertask transfers 14 11.1 1.4 16 2 60 Improve debugger support for MACRO 14 9.7 0.0 14 0 17 The VMS source kit should be cheaper 13 15.3 6.3 22 9 15 Improve SMG input routines 12 8.3 0.0 12 0 48 Better control of operator logins 12 10.4 2.1 15 3 61 Provide LSE support for MACRO 12 8.3 0.0 12 0 28 Add restart capability to DIRECTORY 11 13.2 5.6 19 8 58 Provide DO-UNTIL in FORTRAN 11 11.1 3.5 16 5 53 Provide SPAWN command in EDT 10 11.1 4.2 16 6 50 Allow EDT to set tabs in any column 10 9.7 2.8 14 4 34 Support cluster-wide spooled devices 10 6.9 0.0 10 0 49 Add asynchronous data security erase 9 7.6 1.4 11 2 57 Improve data structure support in FORTRA 8 6.3 0.7 9 1 VAX-15 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 THE SIR's IN THE CATEGORY "VMS INTERNALS" AS RANKED BY ALL USERS SIR SIR Total % Ballots % Ballots Total Total Nr. Description Votes FOR AGAINST FOR AGAINST 9 Support linking of terminal sessions 163 47.3 2.5 172 9 20 Support a "printable" file attribute 138 39.0 1.1 142 4 19 Add description field to file header 102 32.1 4.1 117 15 6 Support wildcards in $GETDVI 95 26.1 0.0 95 0 5 Support TCP/IP on VMS 88 24.2 0.0 88 0 14 Support standard print file format 82 23.4 0.8 85 3 4 Allow SYSDUMP files not on sys disk 82 22.5 0.0 82 0 16 Improve call interface to job queues 75 20.6 0.0 75 0 12 Provide a memory-disk for VMS 67 21.7 3.3 79 12 1 Provide program access to DECnet config 66 18.1 0.0 66 0 2 Add system wide event flag clusters 45 12.4 0.0 45 0 10 Add utility to list timer queue 38 10.7 0.3 39 1 3 Improve SMG support of hardcopy 38 10.7 0.3 39 1 7 No trailing commas in sys. svc. calls 35 13.2 3.6 48 13 18 Make SWAPPER multi-threaded 32 9.1 0.3 33 1 13 Flag autoconfig devices in SYSGEN 32 9.1 0.3 33 1 17 The VMS source kit should be cheaper 32 11.5 2.7 42 10 23 Provide better control of SYS$ERROR 25 7.4 0.5 27 2 15 Improve SMG input routines 24 6.6 0.0 24 0 11 Default to OWNER:RWED on CREATE/DIR 17 20.3 15.7 74 57 21 Improve RMS control block macros 13 3.6 0.0 13 0 8 Provide for filtering of BELL chars 4 5.8 4.7 21 17 22 Add a per-user logical name table 1 6.9 6.6 25 24 THE SIR's IN THE CATEGORY "DCL AND UTILITIES" AS RANKED BY ALL USERS SIR SIR Total % Ballots % Ballots Total Total Nr. Description Votes FOR AGAINST FOR AGAINST 26 Show open files for a process 200 55.2 0.3 201 1 25 Enhance VMS MAIL facility 136 37.6 0.3 137 1 31 Improve DCL substitution and parsing 90 27.2 2.5 99 9 29 Enhance DCL command recall 89 28.3 3.8 103 14 32 Enhance the DEASSIGN command 67 19.5 1.1 71 4 28 Add restart capability to DIRECTORY 46 15.9 3.3 58 12 24 Increase limit on foreign command size 41 11.3 0.0 41 0 27 Improve SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS 41 11.5 0.3 42 1 30 Support numeric UIC's in SHOW SYSTEM 20 7.7 2.2 28 8 VAX-16 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 THE SIR's IN THE CATEGORY "VAXClusters" AS RANKED BY ALL USERS SIR SIR Total % Ballots % Ballots Total Total Nr. Description Votes FOR AGAINST FOR AGAINST 33 Keep times synchronized on cluster 121 33.5 0.3 122 1 35 Provide cluster-wide management tools 105 28.8 0.0 105 0 36 Provide DCL facility like NCP TELL 51 14.3 0.3 52 1 34 Support cluster-wide spooled devices 35 9.6 0.0 35 0 37 Support CI based intertask transfers 25 7.4 0.5 27 2 THE SIR's IN THE CATEGORY "SECURITY" AS RANKED BY ALL USERS SIR SIR Total % Ballots % Ballots Total Total Nr. Description Votes FOR AGAINST FOR AGAINST 42 Record attempted usernames on login fail 118 35.7 3.3 130 12 44 Prevent users from reusing passwords 63 25.0 7.7 91 28 45 Provide ACL protection on printers 59 16.2 0.0 59 0 43 Allow security alarms to be sent to file 56 15.7 0.3 57 1 38 Allow image-controlled file access 48 15.4 2.2 56 8 46 Fix handling of ACL's on installed image 47 13.2 0.3 48 1 41 Improve node authentication in DECnet 41 11.3 0.0 41 0 48 Better control of operator logins 39 12.9 2.2 47 8 40 Add DECnet End-to-end encryption 34 9.9 0.5 36 2 49 Add asynchronous data security erase 23 8.5 2.2 31 8 39 Implement mandatory security controls 6 7.1 5.5 26 20 47 Make password validation user callable -13 5.5 9.1 20 33 THE SIR's IN THE CATEGORY "LANGUAGES AND TOOLS" AS RANKED BY ALL USERS SIR SIR Total % Ballots % Ballots Total Total Nr. Description Votes FOR AGAINST FOR AGAINST 52 Provide column editting in EDT 73 23.9 3.8 87 14 55 Provide nesting depth counts in FORTRAN 47 12.9 0.0 47 0 54 Provide overwrite mode in EDT 43 14.6 2.7 53 10 50 Allow EDT to set tabs in any column 43 15.1 3.3 55 12 56 Provide "64-bit mode" qualifer for FORTR 40 12.4 1.4 45 5 60 Improve debugger support for MACRO 33 9.1 0.0 33 0 53 Provide SPAWN command in EDT 30 12.6 4.4 46 16 58 Provide DO-UNTIL in FORTRAN 28 10.2 2.5 37 9 51 Provide window support in EDT 27 11.3 3.8 41 14 61 Provide LSE support for MACRO 24 6.6 0.0 24 0 57 Improve data structure support in FORTRA 23 6.9 0.5 25 2 62 Provide word count option on RUNOFF 9 2.7 0.3 10 1 59 Provide /INCLUDE=ALL on LINK command 3 1.1 0.3 4 1 VAX-17 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 VAX System SIG Committee List VAX System SIG Committee List As of January 8, 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 Jim Caddick - VAXcluster General Datacom Strait Turnpike Middlebury, CT 06762-1299 Jack Cundiff - Symposium Coordinator Horry-Georgetown Post Office Box 1966 Conway, SC 29526 VAX-18 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 VAX System SIG Committee List 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 Gary Grebus - System Improvement Request Battelle Columbis Labs Room 11-6011 505 King Avenue Columbus, OH 43201-2693 B. Hancock - Network Working Group Dimension Data Systems, Incorporated 2510 Limestone Lane Garland, TX 75040 (214) 495-7353 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 VAX-19 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 VAX System SIG Committee List 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 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 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-20 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 INPUT/OUTPUT INPUT/OUTPUT A SIG Information Interchange A form for INPUT/OUTPUT submissions is available at the back of the issue. INPUT/OUTPUT 492 Caption: Stand-alone disk eraser Message: I need software/procedures that will provide the means to write over every block on a disk with 3 different patterns. This software must be stand-alone and must be able to erase an RA81, RA60 and RM05. It also must be bootable on a VAX 11/780 or 11/750. Contact: Gary Rosenfeld Raytheon, Department 9283 6380 Hollister Avenue Goleta, CA 93117 Telephone (805) 967-5511 x-3833 Date: January 10, 1986 INPUT/OUTPUT 493 Caption: Using incoming modems for outgoing - reply to I/O # 477 Message: This can be accomplished easily under VMS V4.n as follows: 1. Set the VAX/Modem interface speed appropriately (i.e., SET TERMINAL/PERMANENT/SPEED=1200 TXA0:) 2. Set Modem for desired speed (i.e., for DF03's push in HS switch for 1200 baud) 3. Attach hardwired terminal port to modem port using SET HOST command (i.e., SET HOST/DTE TXA0:). 4. Depress DATA/TALK switch on DF03 and dial the remote system VAX-21 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 INPUT/OUTPUT 5. When you hear the remote's carrier tone, release the DATA/TALK switch and hang up. You are now connected. If your modem has autodial, you can modify steps 4 & 5 to take advantage of this feature. Contact: James E. English Agway Incorporated Research and Development Box 4933 Syracuse, NY 13221 Telephone 315-477-6380 Date: January 13, 1986 Pageswapper Editor's Note Remember that if Jane had dial-out access to a line that Fred uses for dial-in access Jane has a chance of stealing Fred's password. Terminal lines used for bi-directional dialing should be protected with ACLs and limited to only a very few highly trusted dial-out users. INPUT/OUTPUT 494 Caption: Greek/Math characters for HP 7550 plotter Message: Does anyone have a library of Greek and/or Mathematical symbols which can be used by the Hp 7550 plotter? Contact: Chris Westerfeldt Duke University Physics Department Duke Station Durham, NC 27706 Telephone (919) 684-8271 Date: January 14, 1986 VAX-22 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 INPUT/OUTPUT INPUT/OUTPUT 495 Caption: Microprogramming Tools for the VAX Message: DEC used to sell a product for writing to the WCS (writable control store) on the VAX 11/780. The product number was QE109-CX. I would appreciate talking to anyone who bought and used the product. Contact: Harry Goldenbloome Raytheon Company 1847 West Main Road Portsmouth, RI 02871-1087 Telephone (401) 847-8000 x4087 Date: January 15, 1986 INPUT/OUTPUT 496 Caption: Word Processing similar to Wang Message: We have a Wang Word Processor and we plan to phase it out. In the meantime, we are looking for VAX word processing software that is similar to the Wang since we prefer not to train our secretaries again. Does anybody know of one? Contact: Tarif Halabi Post Office Box 61092 Amaroussion 15 110 Athens, Greece Telephone 6829200 Date: January 20, 1986 INPUT/OUTPUT 497 Caption: Using incoming modems for outgoing - reply to I/O # 477 Message: We use the Hayes smartmodem 2400 for both incoming and outgoing calls. If your modem has dial-out capability, you should be able to use the SET HOST/DTE command. See the standard DEC documentation. Contact: Danny Brooks Systems Analyst Box 508 VAX-23 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 INPUT/OUTPUT Medical College of Virginia Richmond, VA 23298 Telephone (804) 786-9026 Date: January 27, 1986 Pageswapper Editor's Note Remember that if Jane had dial-out access to a line that Fred uses for dial-in access Jane has a chance of stealing Fred's password. Terminal lines used for bi-directional dialing should be protected with ACLs and limited to only a very few highly trusted dial-out users. INPUT/OUTPUT 498 Caption: DECnet Security Information Message: I am trying to find any reports or papers concerning security considerations when using DECnet. I am particularly interested in security issues with regard to Department of Defense guidelines. Contact: Rich Stoehe Mitre Corporation 1257 Lake Plaza Colorado Springs, CO 80916 Telephone (303) 576-2602 Date: January 29, 1986 INPUT/OUTPUT 499 Caption: SET HOST/DTE TTxx/DIAL=(NUMBER=#,MODEM=DF224) Message: Has anyone tried using a DF224 (Scholar) in a SET HOST/DTE? Does anyone have a working DTEDF224 routine (with some instructions for installing it)? Contact: Alan Zonderman Gerontology Research Center National Institute on Aging Francis Scott Key Medical Center Baltimore, MD 21224 VAX-24 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 INPUT/OUTPUT Date: April 11, 1986 VAX-25 PAGESWAPPER - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 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 - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 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 - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 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 - June 1986 - Volume 7 Number 11 System Improvement Request Submission Form Tear out or photocopy reverse to submit an SIR Gary L. Grebus Battelle Columbus Division Room 11-6011 505 King Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43201-2693 USA