[Info-vax] [Change topic] VMS systems botnets

[Roy Omond]

On 27/10/16 12:03, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> [...snip...]

> I've cleaned up various
> down-revision or misconfigured OpenVMS boxes that were parts of botnets.

> [...snip...]

> Running old software — particularly on servers exposed to the 'net — is
> risky at best, and more than a few folks with OpenVMS servers have
> gotten bagged into botnets due to down-revision network services, or
> other issues.

Hoff, I'd appreciate if you could expand on this.  How were these VMS
systems acting as botnets ?