[Info-vax] OpenSSL 1.1.0 released

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-09-10 23:54:36 +0000, IanD said:

> Does OpenVMS actually stipulate a guideline for log file formats or is 
> it a free-for-all? It sure seems like a free-for-all, even looking at 
> the OpenVMS internal log file formats

It's a mess.   Some tools log in documented binary formats with 
tool-specific conversion routines, more than a little logs in free form 
text, applications are all over the map, and some of the OpenVMS system 
data feeds are not readily accessible without using a broadcast mailbox 
or tailing the log file.   Commands and syntax all differ, too.   
There's no distribution logging mechanism or API, and there's no log 
aggregator / scanner.    There's nothing around uploading application 
and system crashes and scanning those.    There's no mechanism for push 
notifications.     There's no SNMPv3, either.    There's no concept of 
distributed coordination and control (beyond the existing cluster-level 
break-in activities, and those don't work across clusters).    The 
OpenVMS state of the art is not at all what's going to be necessary to 
play well together in 2021 or 2026.   It's all home-made and/or 
third-party or ignored.


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