[Info-vax] VMS and the Internet of Things (IoT)

[Chris]

On 09/12/16 19:02, Bob Koehler wrote:

>
>     Most of the world's malware depends on a particulary leaky OS that
>     only runs on x86.  Once upon a time, it ran on a few other
>     processsors where the OS was equally full of holes.
>
>     There is a trick or two that help an OS provide a secure envronment,
>     and x86 may not have them all, but no architecure can overcome bad
>     software implementation.
>

Agreed, dodgy software is to blame, but if you are trying to build a
secure system, you must assume that it is vulnerable and can be broken,
given enough time and effort. X86 and it's software is arguably the
biggest attack surface known to man. Assume that VSI will have all
that covered though.

System security is a major issue and likely to become more so, as the
bad guys get ever smarter...

Chris