[Info-vax] Now you have way more things to worry about

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/7/2023 2:34 PM, Pizza RAC wrote:
> On Friday, July 7, 2023 at 10:29:36 AM UTC-4, David Turner wrote:
>> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vmware-fixes-vrealize-bug-that-let-attackers-run-code-as-root/
>>
>> So you have exploits that affect the x86 EFI
>> Then you have exploits that hit VMWare
>> So before you even run OpenVMS you have two major issues to be concerned about.
>>
>> Is VSI ever going native X86 OpenVMS (on Proliant DL380 G10?)or it is still a "layered" piece of cheesecake?
> 
> That is what I have been asking them for months ...

Answers has been given.

The latest I saw was here:

https://forum.vmssoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=8689

<quote>
We have no current plans to support x86 VMS on bare metal. Would we if 
someone offered us a very large pile of money? Maybe, but it would have 
to be a very unique situation.
</quote>

Which does not sound promising for VMS x86-64 support for
physical server.

I still hope that they eventually will decide to support one server
for those that has a need for physical.

There is also a thread for people that despite it not being supported
actually runs it on physical:

https://forum.vmssoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=8621

so if support does not matter then it is possible.

Arne