[Info-vax] "Linux Shminux - IPsec is Snake Oil!" VMS Mgmnt

[Richard Maher]

Hi,

In addition to the Apple, IBM, SUN, Microsoft, and HP-UX support for IPsec I
wanted to see what the level of Linux/IPsec support was out there. Well as
far as Linux goes, I found comprehensive IPsec support has existed for some
time on Red Hat, SuSe, and Debian flavours. Are there others I should look
at?

So from Apple to IBM, from Windows to Android and from OSX to Linux, it
appears everyone outside of VMS has committed to supporting IPsec on their
IP stacks as an essential tool in their integrated e-business infrastructure
offerings. So can someone please explain to me why HP/VMS continue to sit on
their hands over this? And why VMS customers do not need the secure network
connectivity that the rest of the industry needs? Or once again are the
illumni from VMS Management standing up as beacons to the industry and
warning others away from the rocks of IPsec, *nix, and PCs? Such unshakeable
self-confidence deserves to be admired or rather feared :-(

And if you're planning a move off VMS to obtain this industry-standard IPsec
capability, just let me point out once again that Process Software's
Multinet has supported IPsec on VMS for years and since version 5.2 (at
least 18 months ago) has supported "Dynamic Key Exchange" to remove the need
for Static Keys or "Pre-shared secrets".

Look, I don't mind if HP/VMS continues its SLA of 2 to 10 years late; I
don't care that the IPsec version in 8.4 might only have static keys, but
for Pete's sake, this should've shipped with 8.3! The fact that 8.4 is
moving farther and farther out on the horizon should be a blessing and give
you time to get more and more functionality in - what's going on?

Once again, please contact HP and let them know that you are interested in
IPsec and you want it in 8.4! Sadly, I have still not received a reply from
my question to the above web-sites that Ian posted, and I am still unable to
give you the PL's e-mail, but just please do what you can.

Regards Richard Maher

"Richard Maher" <maher_rj at hotspamnotmail.com> wrote in message
news:gqjkii$1gd$1 at news-01.bur.connect.com.au...
> Hi,
>
> I just read this: -
> http://www.openvms.org/stories.php?story=09/03/27/7344668
>
> Can anyone please tell me what has happened to IPSec? The early adopters
kit
> has been out for years! Has it been released in a VMS patch just because
8.4
> has slipped out so far?
>
> Is Matt Muggeridge still at HP? Have they hit a showstopper of a bug
> demanding a complete re-write?
>
> Is this disaster yet another amazing decree from the desk of Baldrick
> MacQuaid? The code is there; it's done; just ship it!
>
> Regards Richard Maher
>
>
>