[Info-vax] VMS Software Partners with Stark Gaming to Create Revolutionary Online Gaming and eSport Server Infrastructure

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-08-06 17:59:16 +0000, RobertsonEricW said:

> As was briefly alluded to upthread, OpenVMS on X64 is going to 
> significantly increase the use of the existing body of Run-Time Library 
> analysis (for statically revealing possible points of attack) and 
> malware generation toolkits that are already in use for other platforms 
> running on Intel X64. Currently (and historically) most such tools do 
> not target OpenVMS Platforms. So, comparatively speaking, OpenVMS has 
> not had the same level of scrutiny and exposure that such tools have 
> allowed for other OS's. What strategic approach is VSI planning to take 
> in order to mitigate the risk posed by the extra level of scrutiny and 
> exposure of running OpenVMS on the ubiquitous x64 platform which the 
> equally ubiquitous availability of these toolkits enables?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any information you can provide along these lines.

Might it be better to start out by remediating the proverbial "lower 
hanging" problems first, such as the existing security weaknesses 
within OpenVMS?


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