[Info-vax] What to do with my VAX.....

[seasoned_geek]

On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 9:26:01 AM UTC-6, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 11/11/20 10:40 PM, Dave Froble wrote: 
> > On 11/11/2020 9:12 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote: 
> >> On 11/11/20 8:54 PM, Dave Froble wrote: 
> >>> On 11/11/2020 6:56 PM, Alexander Schreiber wrote: 
> >>>> seasoned_geek <rol... at logikalsolutions.com> wrote: 
> >>> 
> >>>>> ALL 
> >>>>> ENCRYPTION is security by obscurity. Period. 
> >>>> 
> > But, it would be possible, however very unlikely, to guess? Or is that 
> > considered "brute force"?
> More likely that would be considered HUMINT. 
> 
> But if you are going to use that kind of an argument than it can be 
> equally applied to everything. VMS isn't secure because it is possible, 
> no matter how unlikely, that someone can breach it. 

Correct. If it isn't air-gapped it isn't secure from the outside world. Inside world it cannot really be secured from. You can only buy time and hope someone notices what is going on.