Re: SEC:U MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1, Motif 1.3 and HP TCP/IP XDM (long)

From: Bob Marcan (bob.marcan_at_aster.si)
Date: 06/16/03 

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 07:12:41 +0200

Mark Daniel wrote:
> Well, it's been a fortnight (or whatever the metric equivalent of that
> is these days) and this issue has generated only the *slightest*
> interest from the c.o.v. community.
>
> The only conclusion I can draw from this is what is such a *significant*
> problem for our environment is unique to us (I'm tempted to add - in
> contrast to so many, seemingly off-topic threads, that do get
> considerable discussion in this forum). No one else needs to
> interoperate in heterogenous X environments? It would seem then, that
> DEC/Cpq/HP have made the correct call on where their resources need to
> be deployed (and who can blame them for that).
>
> I'll (one more time) need to go, cap-in-hand, to those that administer
> our environment and explain that VMS, yes - once again, cannot be made
> to integrate into that. Oh well, perhaps RLM made the correct call
> after-all. Shame. Never thought I'd be resigned to it, but you can't
> swim against the tide indefinitely.
>
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> Mark Daniel http://wasd.vsm.com.au/adelaide
> mailto:Mark.Daniel@wasd.vsm.com.au (Mark.Daniel@dsto.defence.gov.au)
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>

No, we just give up and use workarounds.

Regards, Bob 

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