[Info-vax] VMS and security

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-11-08, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 11/8/2022 1:29 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2022-11-07, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't use Linux, but it is my impression that just about everything in Linux
>>> is from third parties.  Nor is Linux restricted to a single vendor.
>>>
>>> So why then should VSI be responsible for everything VMS needs?
>>>
>>> Gotta love double standards ...
>>>
>>
>> Well that's a load of bollocks David. We are talking about things
>> that are integral within Linux, in the same way as, say, RMS, clustering,
>> and KESU modes are integral within VMS.
>>
>> The only people in a position to add those missing features to VMS are
>> VSI themselves.
>>
>> Simon.
>>
>
> Gee Simon, I thought we were talking about security and SSL.
>

Although SSL has been discussed previously, SSL wasn't even mentioned in
the list of things I asked about in the posting you are responding to.

I am asking some very awkward questions about the limitations of VMS
internally when compared to Linux and you are trying to move the
discussion away from that and onto other ground.

Simon.

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