[Info-vax] Don't want that? Well, don't use that. You've got options. (Was: Re: WHY IS VSI REQUIRING A HYPERVISOR FOR X86 OPENVMS?)

[D W]

On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 10:45:20 AM UTC-5, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2021-01-11 12:22:16 +0000, D W said:
> 
> > what makes you think BSD is superior to the linux/windows security risks?
> > So BSD is completely immune to hacks? No one can ever take over the machine?
> 
> You have the answer and the configuration you wanted with the planned 
> native boot support for the production releases, and you don't have to 
> run BSD or Linux or another a hypervisor if you don't want to.
> 
> For security, OpenVMS has had malware—including the classic viruses and 
> worms—over the years. OpenVMS servers have had breaches.
> 
> With 1239 OpenVMS servers visible on the Internet—various of which are 
> running ancient versions—there's not a big market for botnets nor for 
> wider disclosures of flaws, which changes how flaws are managed.
> 
> On the subject of current usage and old OpenVMS releases, there's an 
> odd server running today: an OpenVMS V8.3-1H1 box is running on AWS. 
> (That'd mean Itanium emulation, or AWS Itanium hardware.) Or they're 
> spoofing OpenVMS.
> 
> But back to your utterly adorable trolling efforts: if you don't want a 
> hypervisor, don't run a hypervisor. Don't want BSD or Linux, don't run 
> it. Got favorite x86-64 hardware, let VSI know about that.
> 
> For BSD, there's the full-disclosure policy, and here are some of the 
> changes that the OpenBSD team have implemented: 
> http://www.openbsd.org/security.html  OpenVMS is lacking in many of 
> these areas.
> 
> And call back in a year or three about your x86-64 native-boot hardware 
> requirements, as the OpenVMS production release becomes available, and 
> as a whole lot can change with hardware between now and then. We could 
> all be clamoring for Arm by then, after all.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC

I have a potential customer that may want me to set up an OpenVMS web site
with heavy traffic.

I am trying to get questions answered but your answer is I am trolling?

Again how are you going to sell solutions with answers like that?