[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 9/14/2021 9:38 AM, David Jones wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 8:53:40 AM UTC-4, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>> No, a web *browser* on VMS would do nothing positive for VMS.
>> It is simply neither asked for or needed.
>> Browsers are run on desktop environments.
> 
> A GUI browser isn't necessary, but a current curl using up-to-date TLS and root
> certificate list is pretty useful for download scripts.

Direct download from the internet to VMS may not be wise or common.

But uptodate openssl and curl libraries are very important also
for internal integrations. If a VMS system is going to consume
services at a Linux system, then HTTPS is likely the protocol
required.

Arne