[Info-vax] Some SEARCH commands

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 3/1/19 12:27 PM, Mark Berryman wrote:
> On 3/1/19 1:25 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2019-02-28, Mark Berryman <mark at theberrymans.com> wrote:
>>> On 2/27/19 4:39 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> On 2019-02-27, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Search your various OpenVMS storage devices...
>>>>>
>>>>> $ SEARCH /NOWARN ddcu:[*...]*.* "::"""
>>>>>
>>>>> if files have currently or previously been stored in a DVCS or to some
>>>>> other archive, also search that.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you've found any matches to the SEARCH commands, might then want to
>>>>> ponder how easy it was to find what you just found.
>>>>>
>>>>> Might also want to ponder the last time what you found was 
>>>>> changed.  If
>>>>> it's ever been changed.  And ponder who knows about it.
>>>>>
>>>>> And as a chaser to all that pondering, ponder that what you just found
>>>>> can (also) be broadcast across your network.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And while you are all pondering this, also ponder that if you try
>>>> fixing the problem by using proxies instead of hardcoded passwords
>>>> then you are very likely to make your system _LESS_ secure and not
>>>> more secure.
>>>
>>> Eh?  Not in any configuration I have ever used.
>>>
>>
>> So where exactly is the shared secret support in DECnet Phase IV ?
> 
> I don't need a shared secret to make the use of proxies MORE secure than 
> not using them.
> 

A barrel bolt on my front door is more secure than leaving the door
wide open, but I certainly wouldn't call it security.  More secure
than not using them does not imply any they offer any form of real
security.

bill