[Info-vax] Security, support and VMS, was: Re: A new VMS?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/3/2021 12:57 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 5/3/21 12:28 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> If he is right about this, just think about what will happen when
>> one of the security researchers decide to probe x86-64 VMS. Much of
>> what they find, and they _will_ find vulnerabilities, will apply to
>> earlier architectures as well.
> 
> Your obsession!!
> 
> What about when people finally realize that none of these "security
> researchers" couldn't care less about VMS and have better things to
> do with their time.

I am also skeptical about whether VMS 9.2 on x86-64 will trigger that
much interest.

For those interested in working with VMS then there is plenty
of options for emulators available for VAX and Alpha. Only
Itanium is a bit hard to get to.

On the other side do not forget that these white hats
are not a worst case. Some black hats that goes public
1 minute after getting in is worse. And some professionals
(like what is called state actors) targeting and accessing
a system of actual value and exploit the access and keep
totally silent is much worse.

Arne