[Info-vax] Goodbye VAX

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 1/8/2022 11:41 AM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> On 1/8/2022 8:29 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 1/8/22 9:12 AM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>> In article <k8phtg1c91pkfs7acaq102c04g4kd5bneh at 4ax.com>, Subcommandante XDelta <vlf at star.enet.dec.com> writes:
> 
>>>> With specific application to the expiration of VAX licenses.
>>>>
>>>> Here is our RCE remedy from October 2012, the 35th Anniversary of VMS:
>>>>
>>>> LiBREVMS.LMFGEN.OpenVMS.Tru64.OSF1.ULTRIX.v1.2.WinALL.x86.x64.KEYGEN-VLF
>>>>
>>>> File-hosts:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.mirrored.to/files/0LOAT2SY/
>>>
>>> ... and this gets me what?
>>>
>>
>> Apparently a scan of my Linux system and then a notice that my Norton
>> is out of date.
>>
>> bill
> 
> If you spin up a sacrificial Linux host (either VM or bare metal - bare metal preferred) and:
> 1) download the file - a .RAR file
> 2) take the system off line of ANY network
> 3) unpack the RAR file
> 4) you find
>    a) a PAKGEN Windows exe
>    b) the pacgen.c source
>    c) a set of PAKs covering 1400+ DEC products for VAX with unlimited units and no termination date.
>    d) some VLF manifesto junk
> 
> No guarantees the Windows exe is virus free but the PAKs and the pakgen.c files are a plain text so fairly incorruptible.
> 

I forgot step #5

5) Wipe that Linux system down to the ground because you've satisfied your curiosity and that's the right thing to do.

VAX/VMS is dead.  Long Live VAX/VMS

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John H. Reinhardt