According to Parrott, Vince:
>
> >> I just ran throu gh this with HP.  They state that there
> >> is no security other than provided by third-party vendors.
> >> We purchased Security from Vesoft and it works great.
>
> We have internally developed security for our HP3000.  More of
> a concern is that once a connection is made to the DTC then
> they can Telnet to their hearts content.  We placed a call with
> the RC last week to discuss this and they said there is no
> facility from HP to secure these ports.  We asked for an
> enhancement to provide at least password protection.
>
> Are there any other options?
>
 
Depends on what you want to allow. You can prevent telneting from a DTC
by not giving the DTC an IP address (you don't need one for it to connect to
an hp3000). You can also just set a default destination and not allow
switching. The above assumes your using the PC DTC manager OV software.
 
HTH.
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