[Info-vax] the document describing the system service transfer vector

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 9/20/22 12:09, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <jou0clF6c71U1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon
> <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> In Ken Olsen's day VMS only ran on proprietary DEC hardware which
>> meant DEC would have had to make the desktop hardware as well as
>> the software.  That's not true today.  Maybe it's time to re-look
>> at the situation with an eye towards a much more secure desktop
>> option.  especially when one considers that the majority of attacks
>> start at the desktop.   :-)
> 
> Right.  I just have to convince Elon to pay for a modern web browser for
> VMS.
> 

Unless things have changed modern web browsers are available
Open Source.  All it would take was someone who knew VMS
development to do the port.  After, of course, someone did
a port of a modern version of X11 (also opensource).  :-)

bill