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

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <dfe3065f-4c98-475a-9b37-816728722413 at googlegroups.com>,
neillclift at gmail.com writes: 

> On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 5:07:40 AM UTC-8, Simon Clubley wrote:
> > The DCL vulnerability now has an article at The Register:
> > 
> > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/06/openvms_vulnerability/
> > 
> 
> Is this some kind of joke? The article suggests getting from
> supervisor to kernel is something of a big deal when I was doing this
> 25+ years ago by activating a privileged image from supervisor and
> borrowing it's privileges. 

The headline describes VMS as "the operating system world's elderly 
statesman".  First, "elder", not "elderly".  Second, hyphenate 
"operating-system" since it is a compound adjective here.  The writer 
can't even master the basic elements of English style.  What do you 
expect?

The "main thread here id dodgy or bribed employees seeking to commandeer 
systems, rather than outside hackers"?  Probably most in a position to 
exploit the bug would have privs anyway.