Re: Multinet's _BG: Driver and IPsec
David J. Dachtera
>
> "Richard Maher" <mahe...@hotspamnotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ebpkl6$lsi$1...@news-02.connect.com.au...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just had a disappointing glance through the latest VMS road map, and
> once
> > again found UCX's IPsec capability still some way off :-(
> >
> > Having said that, I've just (today) realized that Process Software's
> > Multinet already advertises this functionality for VMS.
> >
> > When was the release date?
>
> IPSEC was included as part of MultiNet 5.0; the release notes are dated
> June, 2004.
>
> >
> > Is anyone out there using it?
>
> I believe that some customers may be using it because we have had some
> questions about it.
>
> >
> > Does anyone have VMS/Multinet/IPsec applications talking transparently
> over
> > TCP/IP sockets to Windows/IPsec?
>
> One of the things that makes IPSEC in MultiNet 5.0 difficult is that only
> static keys are
> supported. Windows/IPsec requires automatic keying.
>
> We have done some work on automatic key exchange, but there was not
> sufficient time to get it tested and documented for MultiNet 5.1; it will be
> part of MultiNet 5.2.
> [snip]
Now, if PSC could get Multinet doing Buffered I/O instead of Direct I/O,
you'd stand a chance to get back some sites that were forced to moved to
UCX due to performance demands.
Something else that makes Multinet more desirable (in addition to
IPsec):
ECO-5 to UCX V5.4 "broke" dynamic ("virtual") IP addressing
("failSAFE-IP" in UCX parlance). (Dunno if this is fixed in V5.5 or V5.4
ECO 6(?).)
Multinet's "PD" interface strategy was still working, last I heard.
...and, of course, Multinet's IPL usage remains an issue (V5.0 got
sufficiently knotted on our site that I saw something I'd never seen
before: a cascade cluster crash!).
--
David J Dachtera
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