[Info-vax] (Hypothetical only) Major new security issue for VAX/Alpha. What do you do ?

[Kerry Main]

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> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf
> Of IanD via Info-vax
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> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] (Hypothetical only) Major new security
> issue for VAX/Alpha. What do you do ?
> 
> The industry is obviously targeting security as becoming more
> important as things goes forward
> 
> I happen to believe that business is prepared to pay for
security
> more than it ever used to
> 
> AMD are working on memory encryption in hardware with the
> driver being Cloud
> 
> http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/AMD
> %20x86%20Memory%20Encryption%20Technology%20LSS%20Slid
> es.pdf
> 
> Looks like they have tested this stuff against linux already
> 

AMD has to do something different as they are struggling against
the juggernaut - Intel.

Wrt to the "cloud", I suspect the industry hype is already
beginning to peak. Best quote from an article I read recently
"Cloud computing is like going to the washroom in a public
washroom .. you never know who is in the next stall"

HPE and a number of other players got out and there is really
only the few big players left.

>From Sept 21, 2016: The Three Great Lies of Cloud Computing
http://www.nextplatform.com/2016/09/21/three-great-lies-cloud-com
puting/ 

Lie #1: It's in "the" cloud.
Lie #2: You only pay for what you use.
Lie #3: Cloud computing is definitively cheaper than on-premise

Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com