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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-01-12, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> 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.
>

No. That's the common initial entry point. It's not the final resting
place for such attacks.

For example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack

It spread using network shares to attack other computers. Note that
multiple Windows Server versions are listed there.

There are also dedicated server ransomware attacks:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-unusual-new-ransomware-is-going-after-servers/

>
> The likelihood of the VMS server itself being attacked
> is probably very small.

Until it becomes popular enough or high-profile enough to be
worthwhile attacking.

Simon.

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