[Info-vax] Anti-virus ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-08-11, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>
> When it comes to the usage that is relevant for the topic
> at hand, Linux is more like Windows. That is, has a lot of
> single user systems having the usual tools like mail and
> web browsers that are target channels for virus threats.
>
> So I understand that this is a concern around Linux users.
>
> But VMS does not have these envoronments with single user
> systems running tools for mail or web browsing.
>
> Information targeting Linux is not always relevant for VMS.
>

Linux is mainly a server operating system as is VMS.

Many attacks occur through server-based components in addition to
client-based components.

The difference is that Linux has various industry-standard protections,
including the third-party protections mentioned, that VMS does not.

Oh, and BTW, judging by the fact Eisner has needed to be rebooted multiple
times over the years due to various services locking up presumably due to
attacks, I have little confidence that VMS in general would be robust
within an actively hostile environment.

Simon.

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