[Info-vax] WHY IS VSI REQUIRING A HYPERVISOR FOR X86 OPENVMS?
Dave Froble
davef at tsoft-inc.com
Mon Jan 11 08:56:46 EST 2021
On 1/11/2021 8:31 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-01-11, D W <ultradwc at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Friday, January 8, 2021 at 3:02:53 PM UTC-5, Andrew Brehm wrote:
>>> On 31/12/2020 19:50, D W wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I understand VMs just fine. The linux kernal is inherently flawed as is windoze.
>>>
>>> If you understand just fine, why are you talking about Linux and
>>> Windows? VMware vSphere uses neither. You can also use a BSD-based
>>> hypervisor or Xen using NetBSD for drivers. All these methods keep you
>>> away from Linux and Windows.
>>>
>>
>> what makes you think BSD is superior to the linux/windows security risks?
>
> He didn't say that. He said that using one of the BSDs is an option if you
> don't want to use Linux.
>
> I would also remind you Bob that Linux has security and isolation features
> built into it as standard that VMS is missing and really needs.
>
>> So BSD is completely immune to hacks? No one can ever take over the machine?
>
> You really shouldn't go there until VMS has had the same level of security
> probing that other operating systems have as you might not like the results
> of that probing.
Perhaps you should differentiate between what has happened in some
instances, and what might happen in others.
Yes, there could be potential flaws in VMS. The key word is
"potential", which is very much not the same as "is". You are ready to
claim that VMS is unsafe, but you don't provide any proof, just innuendo.
Does VMS use some pieces of software that are already proven flawed?
Yes, it does, but those flaws are known, and can be fixed or not used.
But their existence does not prove that there are un-found flaws. It is
possible. There is a vast difference between unknown possible flaws and
known existing flaws.
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