[Info-vax] Next release of OpenVMS x86

[abrsvc]

I'm not going to suggest that OpenVMS is the most secure system around, but if all that can be stated is 2 vulnerabilities reported in 40 years and that these were easily resolved once known, I would think that OpenVMS is much more secure than you would suggest.  DECnet has always been known to be insecure as it pre-dates the general internet and was never designed to work securely in that arena.  DECnet sends password in open text which obviously is in-secure.  Few today use DECnet other than in local, disconnected network connections where security is within the business.  I know of many sites where the system is isolated from the outside world completely (no connection at all to the outside world) so that what you call "standard" security measures are not needed.

I would agree that there is much experience out there around TCPIP and how it works such that there are possible vulnerabilities there.  Again I would suggest that OpenVMS works differently than other OSes such that what is a problem for one may not be a problem for OpenVMS.

The bottom line here is that I may not call OpenVMS the "most secure" operating system, I would maintain that it is MUCH more secure than Windows. I can't comment about Linux as I don't use or know it.