[Info-vax] Disk image viewable in Windows/Linux

Sum1 not at here.com
Sun Aug 7 18:21:54 EDT 2011


On 2011-08-07 00:54:33 +0000, MG said:

> On 7-8-2011 2:17, Sum1 wrote:
>> To perhaps assuage the general interest of contributors, I am creating
>> disk images (dd in many cases) for students to investigate the storage
>> functions of different file systems and how they can be
>> investigated/examined in a forensically-sound manner.
> 
> Are you going to be training the next generation of thought police?
> 
>   - MG

:)

No, but I am doing my absolute best to keep VMS on the radar for people 
who are about to move into decision-making positions for technology and 
who don't know that VMS exists.  And why do I do this?

Simple cost/benefit equation:  If financial/organisational risk is 
quantified in $, political impact and time lost AND security is 
important AND the desired environment/backend *can* run on VMS, then it 
should be evaluated and understood as the additional cost *may* be 
offset by the reduction in risk to financial/organisational risk.

Also, some of these people work in environments where, from time to 
time, they come across VMS environments but have no idea of how they 
work at the OS/filesystem level….but they do with *nix/Windows.

Cheers




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