[Info-vax] WHY IS VSI REQUIRING A HYPERVISOR FOR X86 OPENVMS?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-01-11, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 1/11/2021 8:31 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>

Well David, the one bit of security research I was motivated to do
showed that VAX/VMS (and later Alpha VMS) was wide open for 33 years
provided you could get to the DCL command line.

Next question ?

Simon.

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