[Info-vax] Creating an open source version of VMS, was: Re: OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

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In article <r4apju$1e3$6 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>On 2020-03-10, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>> In article <r48odl$1pm$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>
>>>Supervisor mode, as implemented within VMS, is an hideous abomination
>>>and most normal applications simply don't need it as it is currently
>>>implemented.
>>
>> You've got a psychotic and unwarranted hard-on for supervisor mode.
>>
>
>Supervisor mode, as implemented in VMS, is responsible for giving VMS
>the dubious honour of having what is probably the longest undiscovered
>vulnerability in the history of operating systems.
>
>(Unless anyone else knows of another operating system in active use
>that has a vulnerability which lasted for at least 33 years until it
>was finally discovered ?)

There is/was NO VULNERABILITY with SUPERVISOR mode!  There was a vulnerality
in *code* executing in said mode.  *Code* bug fixed.

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