Here is one for the networking experts.

The Navy has a requirement that they log information as to the source of
each session (LDEV number on Classic systems, IP address for VT sessions)
for audit purposes.

A "showvar" (on 5.5) from an NSVT session shows a variety of information
regarding the session, including the IP address, node name, and TCP port
number.

Telnet sessions (coming in through the inetd job) do not display IP
address, node, or TCP port information -- they only display an LDEV number.

Question:  Does anyone know how a COBOL program can find out that the
session is a telnet session, and also find out the IP address, node name,
and TCP port of the session?  We have been told that we must modify our
applications to collect this information and log it instead of the LDEV
number that was logged on the Classic systems.

Thanks!

John
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John Korb                            email: [log in to unmask]
Innovative Software Solutions, Inc.

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