Re: tcp/ip ports. was exit pgm and lpar

["srichter " <srichter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another advantage I see to the tcp/ip Port object:  Enables the listing of all 
the ports that are used on the system. I selected to use port 3006 in my app 
because it was the value in the code I copied from the redbook. If there were 
other socket apps on this system, I would not have a standard place to look to 
see which ports are used and which are available for use.

Maybe the roch and mainframe networking people are still so shell shocked from 
having their sna shown to be so inferior to tcp/ip that they dont dare propose 
any add ons.

Steve Richter



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: thomas@inorbit.com
Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Date: 27 Aug 2001 19:31:03 -0700

>Steve:
>
>The comment wasn't really serious, just a humorous jibe. But the subject is 
>serious.
>
>Not sure if you'd really gain anything with "OvrPort", etc. You'd still have 
>to retrieve the values for the override from someplace. Of course, if it could 
>be a library-qualified object...?
>
>This kind of thing would extend TCP/IP under OS/400 beyond the basic C/UNIX 
>roots. As it is, the APIs are essentially absolutely pure ports, even 
>including the flaws of the original C versions. I understand why that was 
>necessary, but you'd think you could get some kind of value-add by using 
>TCP/IP under OS/400 rather than being stuck with exactly the same old stuff.
>
>Object extensions could be a nice feature.
>
>Tom Liotta
>
>On Sat, 25 August 2001, "Steve Richter" wrote:
>
>>   But the dtaara approach does have its drawbacks:
>> Must code another module to rtv the dtaara and handle the not found
>> condition, another point of failure in the code, must document that the
>> dtaara is used by this pgm.  more code, more documentation, more turnover
>> instructions, more points of failure.
>>
>> In my view, this is a job for the OS.
>>
>> Provide commands like "OvrPort", "CrtPort", "ChgPort".
>
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