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Conference kaosws::canada

Title:	True North Strong & Free
Notice:	Introduction in Note 535, For Sale/Wanted in 524
Moderator:	POLAR::RICHARDSON

Created:	Fri Jun 19 1987
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1040
Total number of notes:	13668

1034.0. "RAS phone numbers in TRO and MQO ?" by 49197::DZIALOWSKI (We just don't get credit for it.) Sun May 04 1997 13:25

    What are the RAS telephone numbers in Canada  ?
    At least, what are the RAS telephone numbers for Toronto and Montreal ?
    
    If there is any major reason justifying that such numbers are not
    and should not be published on the CCS web site, (as they are for most 
    other countries), or in this notefile, I will be satisfied if one could 
    send me a discrete e-mail (dzialowski@mail.dec.com or louis@acm.org)
    with the Toronto and Montreal RAS numbers.
    
    Thanks for any help!

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1034.1	RAS in Canada...	KAOFS::B_CROOK	Brian @KAO	`Mon May 05 1997 16:18`	7
	RAS is being tested in Canada but is not 'officially' released yet. I will check on the current status, until then, we use ERAS which you can find out about at: http://kerberos.tro.dec.com/index.html Brian, CCS, former ERAS admin.
1034.2	Demain, ERAS gratuit (francophone joke)	49197::DZIALOWSKI	We just don't get credit for it.	`Wed May 07 1997 07:57`	9
	Are the ERAS numbers available to any (Digital) RAS user in good standing, or does it require additional registration, ID, passwords etc. ? Is there anything that can be arranged by a simple call to the right individual (or do I just f!"$% *&f) ? Thank you for any help ! BTW: it maybe a stupid question but, but RAS working fine in TROTWOCAWKI (aka. "the rest of the world outside Canada, as we know it"), why does it have to be tested before its implementation in Canada ?
1034.3	Profit control...	KAOFS::R_DAVEY	Robin Davey CSC/CTH dtn 772-7220	`Wed May 07 1997 13:35`	6
	> why does it have to be tested before its implementation in Canada ? To keep overhead costs at a level sufficient to guarantee we don't make too much profit of course. 8^)
1034.4	because we're unique	TROOA::MSCHNEIDER	martin.schneider@tro.mts.dec.com	`Thu May 08 1997 01:13`	9
	re. 2 Because we're special .... we also had to live with that previous abomination for dialup access prior to ERAS. I loved it so much I've forgotten what it was called. ERAS is implemented on DECservers with Kerberos. I suspect the hardware cost was alot lower than a RAS setup. You also can do dumb terminal emulation if you wish with ERAS. ;^)
1034.5	ERAS	KAOFS::B_CROOK	Brian @KAO	`Thu May 08 1997 14:13`	10
	I'm not sure that anyone in this notes file can answer your question about NTRAS in Canada. To get an official response, you should call the CCS help desk at DTN 621-4111. The former system was called ACB! Rest in Peace. (lots of places still using it outside of Canada!) For ERAS, you do need an account (in addition to a domain account), a bit of software on the client PC, ie you don't just dial in. hope that helps a bit...
1034.6	no client stuff required at least for W95 or NT	TROOA::MSCHNEIDER	martin.schneider@tro.mts.dec.com	`Thu May 08 1997 15:41`	5
	You need nothing special on the PC to use ERAS .... it just is another username and password. The sales workbench notebooks come with a script to automate the login. If you don't use it you just need to configure the dialup connection to give you a terminal window to enter the username and password ....
1034.7		KAOFS::B_CROOK	Brian @KAO	`Fri May 09 1997 13:25`	4
	re:-1 whoops, right again, I was thinking of windoze 3.11 where you needed the Trumpet software and some automated scripts, times have changed! thanks
1034.8	Oh, well...	GVA05::DZIALOWSKI	We just don't get credit for it.	`Fri May 16 1997 06:55`	2
	I have decided that I will use a US RAS number. Thanks anyway for the explanations.