[Info-vax] How would you load balance excess webserver traffic between multiple OpenVMS servers?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/12/2021 4:49 PM, ultr... at gmail.com wrote:
> actually this is for a medium sized company who just got hit with a ransomware attack. They are tired of the hacks and expense
> of trying to defeat this crap. I know someone who is high up there and told him I may be able to design an OpenVMS solution to
> eliminate ransomware and malware attacks.

????

I believe ransomware attacks typical infect the office PC's, so changing
the web server from Linux/Windows to VMS will not help.

> So I guess OpenVMS can't stop ransomware attacks either?

A VMS server will obviously not preventing Windows office PC's
from getting attacked.

The likelihood of the VMS server itself being attacked
is probably very small. Servers in general are rarely
hit by that type of attack. The malware creator will
most likely not want to target VMS. And the typical
attack form of emails with attachments or links does
not work with VMS MAIL.

Arne