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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: MSkermit and NVT
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Date: 22 Jun 98 22:02:42 MDT
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In article <6mm65n$lk$1@samba.rahul.net>, dold@94.usenet.us.com writes:
> : Dmitry the Zuryanovich <dz@mir.glas.apc.org> wrote:
> : : just wondering if MSKermit can works as NVT. NVT is a telnet client
> : : which works over ipx/spx. I do know that NVT server exist on SCO OSE 5,
> : : at least.
> : : If so, can it work over Calder DR-DOS ipx stack ?
>
> Frank da Cruz (fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
> : You mean MS-DOS Kermit? I think the answer comes from the following hint
> : in MS-DOS Kermit NETWORKS\SETUP.DOC:
>
> : Taken in context, this means you would install the aforementioned driver on
> : your PC, and then tell MS-DOS Kermit to use it via "set port bios1".
>
> : However, if you already have an Ethernet connection between the PC and the
> : SCO server, why not just use MS-DOS Kermit's TCP/IP stack and Telnet client?
>
> Because you can run MS-Kermit under a Win3.11 icon, and use NVT,
> whereas TCP connections require more work.
>
> If NVT is already there, it's a handy tool. It is highly problematic in
> it's own right, though, so Kermit-TCP is a better environment, if both are
> available.
>
> As far as the Caldera DR-DOS, that's another wrench. My Novell DR-DOS
> would not play SPX, which is what I think NVT wants to use, but I don't
> recall for sure. NVT plus MS-Kermit did work on MSDOS, to connect to a
> Unixware platform, even invoked from a Win3.11 icon.
>
> --
> ---
> Clarence A Dold - dold@network.rahul.net
> - Pope Valley & Napa CA.
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At one time I considered adding support to MS-DOS Kermit for NVT.
I read the specs carefully (under NDA) and decided the protocol was not
suitable for production use, and hence I declined to add the necessary code
to MSK. TCP/IP is much superior in this instance.
Joe D.