[Info-vax] DCL vulnerability write up on The Register

Tom Wade nospam at void.blackhole.mx
Thu Feb 8 12:11:53 EST 2018


On 2018-02-07 12:49, Craig A. Berry wrote:

> This doesn't make any sense. People can get the vulnerability patched
> today on Alpha and Itanium. They do have to get to a current release,
> which apparently even includes that very loose definition of "current"
> which is HPE v8.4. An architecture change to x86_64 may be attractive
> for many reasons, but has nothing to do with addressing this particular
> vulnerability.

Does this include people on hobbyist licenses, or without support 
contracts ?  If so, can somebody post a URL, I am finding it next to 
impossible to navigate the HP site (I'm running OpenVMS Alpha 8.4).

Tom Wade





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