[Info-vax] Rethinking DECNET ?

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2014-09-01 23:45, Dirk Munk wrote:
> David Froble wrote:
>>
>> And there-in lies the problem.  HP's TCP/IP on VMS does not support
>> IPsec.  Remember, this is c.o.v ....
>>
>> PErsonally, I think IPsec is great.  I haven't paid much attention to
>> any security flaws, since as a VMS user, it would not matter to me.
>
> You're right, and that is why I'm of the opinion that getting the IPv4
> and IPv6 stacks (incl. IPsec) in order is one of the most important
> tasks now.
>
> Yes, IPv6 too. It is gaining momentum, Belgium is word record holder
> with 30% of all internet connections having IPv6, and the percentage is
> rising quite fast.
>
> I will go further than that, in my opinion IPsec should be mandatory for
> a VMS cluster with cluster traffic over IP. At the moment IP cluster
> traffic can be encrypted with SSH (AFAIK). Of course it should have been
> IPsec from the beginning, SSH is a hobby solution compared with IPsec.

Well, if VMS gets IPv6, then it will get IPsec, since that is mandatory 
for IPv6...

	Johnny