[Info-vax] Kernel Transplantation (was: Re: New CEO of VMS Software)

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 13:48:37 -0000 (UTC), Simon Clubley wrote:

> On 2024-01-10, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at nz.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> Nowadays, the whole Internet is built on the concept of running secure
>> protocols over insecure channels. Those secure protocols can in turn be
>> channels for older, insecure protocols--this is not rocket science.
> 
> Things like SSL only protect data in motion. It does nothing to help you
> if the server software on the receiving end of that SSL connection has a
> vulnerability within it.

Not sure why that’s relevant to the issue of whether to support DECnet or 
not.