1 INFO-VAX	Mon, 12 Sep 2005	Volume 2005 : Issue 510       Contents: DECnet proxy problem Re: DECnet proxy problem  Re: EFI/console general question  Re: EFI/console general question9 Re: Former Intel chief architect (P4) shoots from the hip 9 Re: Former Intel chief architect (P4) shoots from the hip  Re: HP Forum location  Re: HP Forum location  Re: HP Forum location  Re: HP Forum location  Re: HP Forum location  Re: HP Forum location  Re: i need to buy a vax 11/780 Re: i need to buy a vax 11/780- Re: OpenVMS  FTP server with these features ? - Re: OpenVMS  FTP server with these features ? - Re: OpenVMS  FTP server with these features ? , Re: OpenVMS FTP server with these features ?! OT: Sun's quarterly announcements   Re: Personal Thoughts on Sept 11( Re: Postings (was Re: HP Forum location)  SMTP Authentication for HP TCPIP Re: TCPIP: DNS lookup timeouts  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------    Date: 12 Sep 2005 07:58:22 -0700 From: pierre.bru@gmail.com Subject: DECnet proxy problem C Message-ID: <1126537102.862244.234690@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>    hello,  C it's been awhile that I have a strange problem with DECnet proxies:   	 $ dir 0::      works but    $ dir TLSAXJ::6 %DIRECT-E-OPENIN, error opening TLSAXJ::*.*;* as input/ -RMS-E-FND, ACP file or directory lookup failed < -SYSTEM-F-INVLOGIN, login information invalid at remote node  8 %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  12-SEP-2005 15:58:30.42  %%%%%%%%%%%( Message from user AUDIT$SERVER on TLSAXJB Security alarm (SECURITY) and security audit (SECURITY) on TLSAXJ, system id: 1298 / Auditable event:          Network login failure 1 Event time:               12-SEP-2005 15:58:30.41 " PID:                      20C00114! Process name:             NET$ACP & Username:                 DNA$SessCtrl! Remote node id:           0 (0.0)   Remote node fullname:     TLSAXJ  Remote username:          SYSTEMG Status:                   %LOGIN-F-NOTVALID, user authorization failure   8 %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  12-SEP-2005 15:58:30.49  %%%%%%%%%%%" Message from user SYSTEM on TLSAXJ@ Event: Access Control Violation from: Node LOCAL:.TLSAXJ Session Control,-         at: 2005-09-12-15:58:30.488+02:00Iinf          NSAP Address=/AC1E1205, !         Source=UIC = [0,0]SYSTEM,           Destination=number = 17,         Destination User="",         Destination Account="",          Node Name=LOCAL:.TLSAXJ 7         eventUid   103DBD27-23A6-11DA-B7FD-544C5341584A 7         entityUid  593F8042-2396-11DA-8005-AA0004001205 7         streamUid  7AED2F2D-2396-11DA-800A-AA0004001205     % here's what I did to try to fix this:   < - checked the proxies with both SHOW/PROX and SHOW/PROX/OLD.'   just in case, I REM/PROX ADD/PROX/DEF 2 - checked the host name/address in TCPIP Services.1 - checked the node definition in DECNET_REGISTER. ,   just in case, deregistered/reregistered it@ - cheked DECnet config with NET$CONFIGURE ADVANCED|Change naming information 5 - mc ncl flush session control naming cache entry "*"    now, I have no more idea :(    do you have any clue ?   nothing    TIA, Pierre.    ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:12:01 GMT A From: "Colin Butcher" <colin_DOT.butcher_AT@xdelta_DOT.co_DOT.uk> ! Subject: Re: DECnet proxy problem > Message-ID: <lNhVe.107298$G8.79912@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>  7 What format is the proxy nodename on the target system?   I With Phase V on the target system using local naming I'd expect something I like LOCAL:.REMNOD::USER USER/DEFAULT, with Phase IV I'd expect something  like REMNOD::USER USER/DEFAULT.   L With Phase V the ADD/PROXY command will look up the name in the local DECdnsJ namespace and put the resulting node fullname into the proxy database, for= example ADD/PROXY REMNOD::USER USER/DEFAULT will actually add H LOCAL:.REMNOD::USER USER/DEFAULT, assuming that REMNOD is the short form5 nodename and that LOCAL:.REMNOD is the node fullname.   I For testing you can temporariliy set up a proxy with wildcards and see if . that works, eg: ADD/PROXY *::USER USER/DEFAULT   --     Hope this helps, Colin. ) colin DOT butcher AT xdelta DOT co DOT uk E It's not mine, but I like this definition: Legacy = stuff that works.    ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:48:27 GMT * From: "FredK" <fred.nospam@nospam.dec.com>) Subject: Re: EFI/console general question 3 Message-ID: <LGfVe.12409$XL2.4425@news.cpqcorp.net>   2 "Dan Foster" <usenet@evilphb.org> wrote in message/ news:slrndi7bo1.su4.usenet@zappy.catbert.org... 7 > In article <432398F5.7BFF1D84@teksavvy.com>, JF Mezei % <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> wrote:  > > A > > If I remember correctly, EFI doesn't provide much in terms of J > > "services" to VMS and VMS must scan for devices all by itself. Is that
 > > correct ?  > G > EFI has to enumerate the devices when it starts, that much's a given.  > H > It builds device paths based on this information; conceptually similar! > to OpenFirmware's device paths.  > E > I'd imagine VMS could potentially make use of this information, but J > don't know if it does or not. In recent years, I understand that VMS hasJ > made use of PCI bus scans to match devices with eligible device drivers. > D > So I'm not sure if VMS on I64 makes use of the EFI-returned device! > enumeration information or not.  >   A The boot code (VMS_LOADER) passes information harvested about the 7 system needed for booting (boot devices, CPU's memory).   H The *enumeration* logic isn't an EFI function per-se -- it is ACPI whichD is a byte code that is executed via an interpreter.  ACPI enumeratesE things that have no standard way to be enumerated -- like motherboard  devices, and root busses.   K Standard things, like the devices on a PCI bus itself, or disks on a Fibre, 2 or disks on a SCSI - must be enumerated by the OS.  J > > Once EFI hands control to the OS boot code, what sort of services does > > the OS expect of EFI ? >  > Well, that depends.  > J > EFI provides several major services including boot services and run-time > services.  > H > The EFI boot services basically self-destructs once ExitBootServices()H > is called with control transferred to the OS. This happens when the OS0 > is ready to proceed further with its bring-up. > I > However, it is possible to have a run-time EFI driver that continues to @ > run and provide services, even after the OS has taken control. > H > I would guess that the majority of EFI drivers would be for supporting' > booting rather than for run-time use?  > C > I don't know if VMS actually uses EFI once it has seized control.  >   E Nope.  There are all sorts of issues in trying to use EFI services at = runtime...  at one time we thought we might try never calling  ExitBootServices()? so that we could use the EFI drivers during VMS boot.  No dice.    ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:42:49 GMT * From: "FredK" <fred.nospam@nospam.dec.com>) Subject: Re: EFI/console general question 3 Message-ID: <tBfVe.12408$jI2.7430@news.cpqcorp.net>   : "JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> wrote in message& news:432398F5.7BFF1D84@teksavvy.com...    H > But does VMS itself really know much about EFI when it boots (eg: whenG > EFI loads boot blocks and branches to them)? If I remember correctly, J > EFI doesn't provide much in terms of "services" to VMS and VMS must scan. > for devices all by itself. Is that correct ? >   G You haven't been paying attention.  EFI does not do boot-block booting, G it is file based.  EFI provides a lot of pre-boot services, and a small  amountJ of runtime services.  BIOS and Int10 has given the x86 O/S's a dislike for runtime firmware callbacks.   H > If so, in what way is Windows different ?  Would Windows require majorI > changes during booting ? Or is it just a question of Microsoft deciding C > to accept EFI and testing and packaging EFI compatible version of  > Windows ?  >   H Microsoft is one of the main proponents of EFI along with Intel.  But toL break the BIOS barrier takes a lot of coordination and convincing.  RememberH that there is a small industry in BIOS, and a lot of historical baggage.  C > Since Windows already understand FAT partitions, it wouldn't need J > tweaking of its file system to let the EFI console program reside on the > boot disk. >   @ Duh.  Which is why Microsoft licensed FAT for this explicit use.   > H > Once EFI hands control to the OS boot code, what sort of services does > the OS expect of EFI ?  	 Very few.    ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:51:07 GMT ( From: Alan Greig <greigaln@netscape.net>B Subject: Re: Former Intel chief architect (P4) shoots from the hip+ Message-ID: <43254F8C.5000608@netscape.net>    [emailed and posted]   Bill Todd wrote:   > K > For some reason Firefox wouldn't play the Stanford presentation that you  C > first posted.  Since others apparently weren't having difficulty    I I'm using Firefox 1.0.6 and Windows Media Player 10 and have no problems  A playing the presentation. Can also then select full screen mode.  ( Additionally I can use File=>Open URL=> F http://stanford-online.stanford.edu/courses/ee380/040218-ee380-100.asxE directly within Windows Media Player so you should be able to bypass  E Firefox. But, as I say, Firefox handles the URL for me so it doesn't   seem to be a general problem.   K > accessing it, I fired up my dormant (but patched up to date) copy of IE,  G > and voila (well, for values of 'voila' that yield a minuscule screen  I > size, anyway).  But the process of trying to make Firefox play it made  H > me wonder:  the .asx URL leads to a small file containing a .wmv URL, K > which leads to another small file containing two .wmv URLs (with a small  H > appendage), which leads to itself - and yet while Firefox claims it's 2 > unable to find the server, IE manages just fine. > F > There's clearly some direct route to the presentation (via which it I > could probably be saved as well), but I couldn't find it with a couple  : > of minutes' worth of effort.  Anyone happen to know how? >  > - bill   --  
 Alan Greig   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:44:04 GMT 1 From: Keith Parris <keithparris_NOSPAM@yahoo.com> B Subject: Re: Former Intel chief architect (P4) shoots from the hip3 Message-ID: <ofiVe.12425$dW2.2148@news.cpqcorp.net>    Neil Rieck wrote: 8 > Former Intel chief architect (P4) shoots from the hip:  B This is old news, in fact from way back in February 2004, and was $ already discussed here at the time: F http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.vms/msg/fa5c5d665ad8bf47?hl=en&   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 02:45:55 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com>  Subject: Re: HP Forum location, Message-ID: <43252404.C6455977@teksavvy.com>  G New Orleans Airport is set to reopen to commercial passenger traffic on  Sept 13 (Tuesday).    E If you had flights for the HP conference, I recommend you switch them E before tuesday to ensure that you can use current airline policy with 4 regards to refunds/ticket change fees being waived.   > Once they resume service, the airlines' policies might change.   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:27:17 GMT * From: "FredK" <fred.nospam@nospam.dec.com> Subject: Re: HP Forum location3 Message-ID: <VmfVe.12405$yL2.1553@news.cpqcorp.net>   . "Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com> wrote in message" news:opswv6jtvjzgicya@hyrrokkin...F > On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:12:35 GMT, FredK <fred.nospam@nospam.dec.com> wrote: > D > > Bring your clubs - lot's of good golfing.  The Disney Classic isB > > the 17th-23rd - Tiger is supposed to be there.  Heck - splurge@ > > for a night and stay at the Inn at the Bay Hill CC (Arnold's( > > course) and you can play the course. > ? > What is your HDCP, Fred?  When are youi plannig to retire?:-)   F Not all that great, I'm probably playing to a 18-20 index.  If I spendA too much time on the range (that is enough for it to be useful) I @ end up with recurring golfers elbow.  As to retirement - I'm not5 (quite) 50 yet, and still have a daughter in College.    ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:30:49 GMT * From: "FredK" <fred.nospam@nospam.dec.com> Subject: Re: HP Forum location3 Message-ID: <dqfVe.12406$CL2.5348@news.cpqcorp.net>   5 "Bill Gunshannon" <bill@cs.uofs.edu> wrote in message % news:3og4koF5qispU1@individual.net...    > F > Silly me.  When my boss pays for me to go to a conference I actually > attend the sessions.  :-)  >   G You know, it *is* possible to do both.  Convention centers always hated E DECUS - lot of people who wanted to do nothing but eat cheap food and I talk computers.  But I even the geeks took advantage of the "free" Disney  night.   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:34:13 GMT * From: "FredK" <fred.nospam@nospam.dec.com> Subject: Re: HP Forum location4 Message-ID: <ptfVe.12407$CL2.11389@news.cpqcorp.net>  : "Larry Kilgallen" <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> wrote in message- news:hlPJ4ZgwMzbH@eisner.encompasserve.org...    > E > I don't know how to tell you this, Fred, but other sources indicate 3 > there will be computer discussions down there :-)   @ Come on Larry - spend a few extra days - it's a tax writeoff ;-)  B All computers and no play makes it attractive to hold a convention in Saskatoon in February ;-)   ------------------------------   Date: 12 Sep 2005 16:28:53 GMT( From: bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) Subject: Re: HP Forum location+ Message-ID: <3olom4F6juavU1@individual.net>   * In article <4325a852@usenet01.boi.hp.com>,! 	Dan Notov <d9nn0@hp.com> writes:  > Bill Gunshannon wrote:( >> In article <kAoUe.94$R9.41@trnddc02>,7 >> 	"Ken Randell" <kenneth.randell@verizon.net> writes:  >>   >>>Try Orlando October 17-20.  >>   >>  E >> The humidity in Orlando is miserable most of the year.  I remember C >> going there in March once when I was working for Martin Marietta A >> (do they still have that big complex in the soutwest corner of C >> the city?) and it was to uncomfortable to even swim in the pool   >> until nearly 11:00 PM.  >>   >> bill  >>  K > LM EIS & ST&S are still there on Lake Underhill Road. LM Missiles & Fire   > Control are also in Orlando.  K Nope, neither of them.  Used to be inside the area bounded by Perimeter Rd. K off of 482 just before you hit I4.  I stil have an Orlando map that has the M whole subdivision labeled as Martin Marietta.  It was a big, hardened facilty H with no windows.  Self contained power and designed to survive huricanesG like Katrina.  Mostly Big Blue, but there was other stuff as well and I & would bet there was VMS in those days.   bill   --  J Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolvesD bill@cs.scranton.edu     |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton   |A Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>       ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:09:54 -0600  From: Dan Notov <d9nn0@hp.com> Subject: Re: HP Forum location* Message-ID: <4325a852@usenet01.boi.hp.com>   Bill Gunshannon wrote:' > In article <kAoUe.94$R9.41@trnddc02>, 6 > 	"Ken Randell" <kenneth.randell@verizon.net> writes: >  >>Try Orlando October 17-20. >  > D > The humidity in Orlando is miserable most of the year.  I rememberB > going there in March once when I was working for Martin Marietta@ > (do they still have that big complex in the soutwest corner ofB > the city?) and it was to uncomfortable to even swim in the pool  > until nearly 11:00 PM. >  > bill > I LM EIS & ST&S are still there on Lake Underhill Road. LM Missiles & Fire   Control are also in Orlando.   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:42:20 +0100 D From: Tim ffrench-Lynch <tim-DOT-ffrench-HYPHEN-lynch@selex-sas.com>' Subject: Re: i need to buy a vax 11/780 - Message-ID: <43255B8C.F67DE687@selex-sas.com>    d b turner wrote: < > please call 912-4476622 if you have a working one for sale >  > david   B It would be possible to imagine that someone has lost the St Louis half of a mirrored setup :-)  F Can you say anything on the background to this requirement?, It's good: to see that even very old Vax equipment is still in demand
 occasionally.    Tim    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:39:34 -0400 2 From: "Stanley F. Quayle" <squayle@insight.rr.com>' Subject: Re: i need to buy a vax 11/780 - Message-ID: <43257706.9752.8C2BCD8@localhost>   1 On 12 Sep 2005 at 11:42, Tim ffrench-Lynch wrote: F > It's good to see that even very old Vax equipment is still in demand > occasionally.   F I'm working right now on figuring out how to port one to CHARON-VAX.  8 The hard part is the special devices that they're using.  F It would be easier if either of their 11/780's actually worked, too.  6 I have no clue how we're going to validate the result.  
 --Stan Quayle  Quayle Consulting Inc.  
 ----------- Stanley F. Quayle, P.E. N8SQ  +1 614-868-1363 3 8572 North Spring Ct., Pickerington, OH  43147  USA 0 stan-at-stanq-dot-com       http://www.stanq.com) "OpenVMS, when downtime is not an option"    ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:57:55 +0200 * From: webmaster <webmaster@webmasters.com>6 Subject: Re: OpenVMS  FTP server with these features ?6 Message-ID: <43253501$0$1735$8fcfb975@news.wanadoo.fr>    pierre.bru@gmail.com a =E9crit : > hi,  >=20 >=20? > I'm looking for an OpenVMS FTP server with these features (in  > decreasing interest order):  >=20B > - implement the REST command to allows clients to restart broken > downloads  > - implement secure FTPF > - understand un*x syntax (commands, directories look and feel, ODS-51 > filename (foo.bar.zip instead of foo^.bar.zip))  >=20 > TIA,	 > Pierre.  >=20 may be fastcopy, see, http://www.softlink.com/fastcopy_techie.html   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:12:31 -0400 , From: "Richard Whalen" <WhalenR@process.com>6 Subject: Re: OpenVMS  FTP server with these features ?+ Message-ID: <dg3us1$49t$1@news.process.com>   K The REST command could probably only be done for binary and stream-lf files  on VMS. J The various record oriented files are difficult to implement it for as the file size may reflect K a different point in the file if the other system is not VMS, and hence the  file is stored differently.   ! What do you mean by "secure FTP"? H Do you mean a file transfer program with an FTP like user interface that
 uses SSH2 for K authentication and data protection?  You'll find this in recent versions of  MultiNet, TCPware  and TCP/IP Services.  H Or do you mean RFC 959 (FTP) plus RFC 2228 (FTP Security Extensions)?  I don't 5 know of any implementations for this that run on VMS.     ' <pierre.bru@gmail.com> wrote in message < news:1126274680.650190.24200@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > hi,  >  > ? > I'm looking for an OpenVMS FTP server with these features (in  > decreasing interest order):  > B > - implement the REST command to allows clients to restart broken > downloads  > - implement secure FTPF > - understand un*x syntax (commands, directories look and feel, ODS-51 > filename (foo.bar.zip instead of foo^.bar.zip))  >  > TIA,	 > Pierre.  >    ------------------------------    Date: 12 Sep 2005 10:03:10 -0500 From: briggs@encompasserve.org6 Subject: Re: OpenVMS  FTP server with these features ?3 Message-ID: <h5dltJVbeY+S@eisner.encompasserve.org>   Z In article <dg3us1$49t$1@news.process.com>, "Richard Whalen" <WhalenR@process.com> writes:M > The REST command could probably only be done for binary and stream-lf files 	 > on VMS. L > The various record oriented files are difficult to implement it for as the > file size may reflect M > a different point in the file if the other system is not VMS, and hence the  > file is stored differently.   F I fail to see the difficulty.  Restart markers have nothing to do withH file size.  They are opaque ASCII strings interpreted according to localF system conventions.  A restart marker generated on the local system isE used to position within a file on the local system.  A restart marker E generated on the remote system is used to position within the file on F the remote system.  Issues of file encoding or file size discrepancies
 do not arise.   B For restart markers generated on the sending system, a hex dump ofA an RFA should do.  For restart markers generated on the receiving - system, the RFA plus a byte offset should do.   F When repositioning to an RFA plus a byte offset on the receiving side,B the receiving FTP must be prepared to append to a possible partial trailing record.   	John Briggs   ------------------------------    Date: 12 Sep 2005 02:52:02 -0700 From: pierre.bru@gmail.com5 Subject: Re: OpenVMS FTP server with these features ? C Message-ID: <1126518722.152710.242090@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>   0 > I cross-posted this to the Multinet newsgroup.  ! where can I read this newsgroup ?   Q > I wonder if PSC could be pursuaded to add REST support for binary files only...    why binary files only ?    Pierre.    ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:21:36 GMT ( From: Alan Greig <greigaln@netscape.net>* Subject: OT: Sun's quarterly announcements; Message-ID: <kWhVe.23802$k22.699@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>   H Just watched the live webcast of Sun's Q3 seminar. It's Opteron all the   way as far as Sun are concerned.  H One interesting point for debate: Sun described HP-UX during the Q&A as E "effectively end-of-lifed" due entirely to the Itanium situation. As  E that becomes clearer to customers (they say) Sun hopes to grab HP-UX  F customers who will prefer Solaris to Windows or Linux from HP. But if D you want Windows they've also announced Tier 1 Windows support from B today - which means Sun will support Windows directly rather than D through a third party. If you really want Linux they had Red Hat on  stage as well!  F VMS was not mentioned unsurprisingly but presumably they will use the I same "end-of-lifed" argument. HP sales (especially HP-UX) really need to  3 work out how to counter this. No, I don't know how.  --  
 Alan Greig   ------------------------------    Date: 12 Sep 2005 05:40:34 -0700 From: bob@instantwhip.com ) Subject: Re: Personal Thoughts on Sept 11 C Message-ID: <1126528834.164842.137140@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>   ) personal thoughts - God will take care of E the situation ... all the killers are in hell right now right burning 2 their buns off and crying for a drink of water ...  F professional thoughts ... have businesses really learned anything from@ this and got on vms, or have they failed to grasp the concept of disaster tolerance?    ------------------------------   Date: 12 Sep 2005 10:54:53 GMT( From: bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)1 Subject: Re: Postings (was Re: HP Forum location) + Message-ID: <3ol53sF64i5tU1@individual.net>   C In article <1126494771.544896.245310@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, ' 	"AEF" <spamsink2001@yahoo.com> writes:  >  > E > As for me, I've finally gotten used to the new format and just live 7 > with it. I still don't like it, but what ya gonna do?   D Pay the measly $10 a year, get a real newsreader (there are VMS news? readers!)  and use USENET the way it was meant to be used.. :-)    bill   --  J Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolvesD bill@cs.scranton.edu     |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton   |A Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>       ------------------------------    Date: 12 Sep 2005 10:05:30 -0700 From: mcbill20@yahoo.com) Subject: SMTP Authentication for HP TCPIP C Message-ID: <1126544730.461247.274730@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>   G I've poked around in old postings regarding SMTP authentication for VMS B but mostly I found pointers to alternatives (PERL or PHP programs,G etc.). Can anyone tell me if there are plans to add SMTP authentication G to HP's TCPIP? I am currently running TCPIP 5.4 ECO 2 on VMS 7.3-1. Or, E any other recommendations would be appreciated. This box is connected G to the net by a DSL connection. To my knowledge, the ISP isn't blocking 
 any ports.  F This had been working with my previous ISP. I had their SMTP server asB my alternate gateway. My current ISP does not have an SMTP server.   Thanks.  Bill   ------------------------------  # Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:36:50 GMT ( From: Alan Greig <greigaln@netscape.net>' Subject: Re: TCPIP: DNS lookup timeouts = Message-ID: <6TcVe.53733$2n6.26554@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk>    JF Mezei wrote:    > Alan Greig wrote:  > I >>Ignore the reverse lookup - misread your post - but the same applies of H >>course to forward lookup. Do you tend to see transient failures in DNS( >>lookups generally or just in your app? >  > G > I don't notice failures on other apps or clients that use that vax as H > DNS server. Only the WHOIS client which uses the $QIO interface. Also,  H I take it the program is not written in C? Or if so is there any reason A you can't try the socket library interface and see if it makes a  D difference? Might help to rule out a coding error with the QIO call.   --  
 Alan Greig   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2005.510 ************************