[Info-vax] OpenVMS x64 Atom project

[Dave Froble]

On 6/4/2021 2:11 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 6/4/21 2:02 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 6/4/2021 1:49 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On 2021-06-03, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> My backup scheme would  have allowed me to resume operations with no
>>>> more than a  4 hour loss of data.  I did that with no additional budet
>>>> and running strictly COTS.)
>>>>
>>>
>>> What about the data they managed to take a copy of before installing
>>> malware on your systems ?
>>
>> He didn't think of that, huh?
>
> Of course I did.  Never happened.
>
>>
>> Anybody that stores important data on an internet facing system is
>> just asking for it to be "shared".
>
> In an academic environment systems facing the Internet are a way
> of life.  They can be seucred as can the whole environment.  But
> that doesn't change the fact that systems not needing to face the
> Internet shouldn't.  And things like SCADA systems controlling
> things like gas pipelines, water systems or electrical grids fall
> into that category.
>
>>
>> Nobody is paranoid enough.
>>
>
> Paranoia doesn't secure systems or networks.  Only diligence can
> do that.
>
> bill

But first one must be paranoid enough to know the systems need to be 
secured.

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