[Info-vax] HP's Partner Virtualization Program

[Ken Robinson]

At 07:33 AM 8/15/2009, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:

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>In twenty years as a system manager, VMS and several flavors of 
>Unix, I NEVER used, or even encountered, IPSEC!  We've all gotten 
>along without it somehow.  I never missed it!  Why has it suddenly 
>become a sine qua non?

Richard,

You keep saying that you haven't been active in the field for a 
number of years. Things have changed in the networking arena and 
there is much more emphasis on security & secure transfers. Within 
the last 5 or so years Telnet & FTP have been replaced with SSH & 
SFTP. The VMS & LInux systems I run now don't even have Telnet or FTP 
turned on.

Please stop saying "If it was good enough in the past, it must be 
good enough now".

Ken Robinson