[Info-vax] September 6, 2016 - new Roadmap and State of the Port updates now on VSI website

[Simon Clubley]

On 2016-09-07, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> On 2016-09-07 21:26:11 +0000, clairgrant71 at gmail.com said:
>
>> On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 2:51:30 PM UTC-4, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> 
>>> I wonder what "Enhanced Application Isolation and Management" means ?
>>> Is it SELinux MAC type security or more a chroot/jail type security ?
>> 
>> MAC is not what I have in mind. ...
>
> And FWIW, MAC security support is already latent in OpenVMS, and as 
> Clair is undoubtedly aware.
>

The main thing missing from the SEVMS material I have read was the
total lack of support for the integration of MAC security with TCP/IP
which would be kind of a deal breaker in today's world. :-)

It will be interesting to see more details of Clair's plans as they
emerge in the future.

Simon.

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