[Info-vax] New VSI Community license PAK

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2020-10-20 23:59:22 +0000, Dave Froble said:

> On 10/20/2020 3:40 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>> 
>> You will need patches to V8.4-2Lx to cluster with X86.
>> 
>> We are planning on making incompatible changes to the cluster protocol 
>> that will require a cluster compatibility kit in order to join a 
>> cluster with V9.2.
>> 
>> That will prevent any HPE version of VMS from clustering with V9.2, but 
>> that's not the reason for the change.
> 
> Let me guess, Steve's harping on security, right?

"The most secure operating system on the planet" wasn't my idea, David.

VSI does now have access to faster cryptographic processing, with 
semi-recent x86-64 hardware.

I'm not expecting ~V9.2 NISCS traffic encrypted and authenticated, 
though that'd be nice—if VSI can maintain performance. Yes, IPSCS 
traffic does get encrypted, and that implementation could use some work.

Kernel support for TLS and DTLS would be also interesting, but the SCS 
adoption of that or of ZRTP or ilk would be unexpected.

I'd expect this change is due to other updates and enhancements to 
clustering protocols, something that happened occasionally in previous 
releases. e.g. DLM-related changes.

But we'll know when VSI tells us.

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