[Info-vax] Questions and observations about OpenVMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/7/2021 1:38 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 3/7/21 12:53 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-03-07, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>> "People who do this for a living".  You referring to the chicom hackers
>>> working for the chicom government.  Or for the towel heads in Iran?
>>> Even the Russians.  It's an unfriendly world out there.  Buyer beware.
>>>
>>
>> Actually, I was thinking about the professional security researchers,
>> especially when VMS becomes generally available on x86-64.
>>
>> They are the ones who are going to tell VSI about any issues instead
>> of keeping those issues to themselves.
> 
> Retirement is boring.  I am thinking of playing with Kali Linux and
> Penetration Testing.  Maybe I'll make VMS my target and see what it
> says.  :-)

How many problems you find will depend a lot on what type
of VMS system.

* No TCP/IP
* DEC/CPQ/HP/VSI TCP/IP but but no TCP/IP applications
* DEC/CPQ/HP/VSI TCP/IP with Apache and a RDBMS
* DEC/CPQ/HP/VSI TCP/IP with Apache and a RDBMS plus some home grown CGI 
scripts and some old DECUS tape utilities running

Arne