VMS NCP allows node_number being zero !?

[elsen at esat.kuleuven.ac.be]

    There's an apparent problem in NCP (VMS version 5.2) allowing nodes
to be entered with a node_number being equal to zero as in 
NCP>set node 'node address 11.0 ! for example.

  I recently stumbled across this when configuring an Ultrix
system which ,quite correctly, doesn't allow for node entries
such as the ones mentioned above.
(On of our LAN managers had introduced a node at the VMS side with
a DECnet address being equal to 11.0)

Both the VMS and Ultrix DECnet  manuals explicitly state that node_numbers
range between 1 and 4096.
VMS Ncp should report a 'parameter out of range' error when adding node
'11.0' as Ultrix NCP does correctly.

Also does anyone know whether it's possible to do a 'copy known nodes'
in Ultrix ncp ?
I tried my VMS equivalent but to no avail.Yeah I know perhaps I should
RFTM with respect to Ultrix NCP.

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