[Info-vax] VMS - Virtual Terminals - A security risk way back yonder OR was that an Old Wives Tale ?

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On Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 9:12:56 AM UTC-5, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> So you'd like folks to comment on decades-old memories of possible 
> problems with a system you know little about?   Okay, then.

I have vague memories of a security issue sometime in the VMS 4.4 to 5.2 timeframe (I don't remembet the exact release - I want to say 4.4, but 5.0 would seem to be more likely due to all the internal changes).

If I'm remembering it right, the issue had to do with dialup modems and the workaround was to disable virtual terminals (there was a security update from DEC relatively soon after the issue became well-known).

Does this ring a bell for anyone?