[Info-vax] HP OpenVMS, local Denial of Service - HP Security Bulletin

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

JF Mezei wrote 2012-04-20 09:09:
> DTL wrote:
>> SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN
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>> Document ID: c03281869
>> Version: 1
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>> HPSBOV02765 SSRT100828 rev.1 - HP OpenVMS, local Denial of Service (DoS)
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>> NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible.
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> This information is useless. It doesn't mention which component of VMS
> is at stake. ( IMAP ?  X11 (XDM)  ?  POP ? SMTP ? or whatever other
> component ?)
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> If they identified the component(s) at stake, then sites who make use of
> those components would know they are really vulnerable.
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> (besides, since we don't have patch access anymore, issuing those
> warnings is rather pointless)

And exactly who is "we" that you are refering to ?
JF Mezei and his MV-II ? It definitely isn't me.