[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[Dave Froble]

On 6/19/2019 7:44 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 6/19/2019 12:15 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 6/19/2019 8:28 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On 2019-06-18, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>> If you try look at how application servers access database servers,
>>>> then you will find that unencrypted is still very common.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Are you sure ?
>>>
>>> What is the point of going to the effort of encrypting data at rest if
>>> you are then going to let it fly around unencrypted within a machine
>>> room's network ?
>>>
>>> Why do you trust the machine room network more than the rest of the
>>> organisation's network ?
>>>
>>> IOW, is trusting the machine room's network more than the rest of the
>>> network giving people a sense of false security ? One single compromise
>>> of a machine on that network and _everything_ on that network is
>>> potentially compromised.
>>
>> Your worship of security just may not be universally practiced?  Don't
>> blame me, I think it's important.  But I know there are those who may
>> not feel so strongly.
>
> Almost everybody considers security very important.

"Almost" ???

On a scale of 0-100, where does "almost" fall?

Consider not making unsupported statements or guesses.

> But there are different approaches to security.

I'm out here in the real world, and my experience is that "most" 
customers do not want to talk about "security".  Just what I see.  You 
want my opinion, they are wrong.  But remember the two rules about 
customers.


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