From: CRDGW2::CRDGW2::MRGATE::"SMTP::CRVAX.SRI.COM::RELAY-INFO-VAX" 22-AUG-1989 02:24 To: MRGATE::"ARISIA::EVERHART" Subj: Re: VMS TCP/IP & RPC/XDR Received: From KL.SRI.COM by CRVAX.SRI.COM with TCP; Mon, 21 AUG 89 22:41:54 PDT Received: from IU.AI.SRI.COM by KL.SRI.COM with TCP; Mon, 21 Aug 89 22:35:24 PDT Date: Mon 21 Aug 89 22:34:40-PST From: David L. Kashtan Subject: Re: VMS TCP/IP & RPC/XDR To: philmtl!philabs!phri!marob!samperi@uunet.uu.net Cc: info-vax@kl.sri.com Message-Id: <619767280.500000.KASHTAN@IU.AI.SRI.COM> In-Reply-To: <24EF5C7D.5862@marob.masa.com> Mail-System-Version: Postal-Address: 15139 Old Ranch Rd; Los Gatos, CA 95030 Phone: (415) 859-5830 (SRI); (408) 353-1643 (Home) SRI International's MultiNet TCP for VAX/VMS has had an RPC/XDR library for many years now. Porting SUN's RPC/XDR code to VMS will not be very difficult at all -- mostly what you are going to need is a routine to read a UDP packet with the ability to timeout if a packet is not seen in a specified amount of time. David -------