[Info-vax] rx8640 ILO MP port faulty?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/16/2023 10:29 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Simon Clubley  <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>> On 2023-07-11, David Turner <dturner at islandco.com> wrote:
>>> Try an old windows 7 box that wasn't recently updated and then connect to it
>>> SSH and Browsers all fail here when I try to connect to an rx2660. New
>>> SSL/TLS requirements prevent connection
>>> Pain in the aXX
>>
>> Security can be a pain sometimes. However, the alternative is far worse.
> 
> The problem is that hardware is difficult to change, and software people see
> change for change's sake as being a good thing, and there is a fault line
> between them where the earthquakes happen.  And that fault line includes
> embedded web servers.

If it has to be secure then it has to happen.

The vendors need to ensure that the thing is upgradeable.

And the owners need to do the upgrades.

Arne