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

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:11:31 -0000 (UTC), Simon Clubley wrote:

> On 2024-01-16, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at nz.invalid> wrote:
>
>> 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.
> 
> The server software with the vulnerability could be the DECnet stack
> running on that server.

Any reason why you think DECnet is particularly prone to introducing 
security holes, per se?