[Info-vax] Still no IPSEC for TCP/IP services?

[Dirk Munk]

JF Mezei wrote:
> My take:
>
> What is left of the VMS customer base (the one that HP knows/cares
> about) don't really need IPv6 because those machines are not exposed to
> the internet, don't serve china and probably have encrypted VPNs between
> sites already. (with encryption done by the routers, so not needed at
> VMS level).
>
> So, with reduction of available man-hours for VMS maintenance, you cut
> stuff your customers have already found a solution for (aka: encrypted
> VPNs).
>

VMS was one of the very first operating systems with IPv6. The present 
manual dates from 2003, and I'm sure there were earlier versions. In my 
view it is quite simple. A high-tech and secure operating system like 
VMS must have a complete IP stack, IPv4, IPv6, IPSEC and so on.