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

Simon Clubley clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Thu Jan 18 08:06:21 EST 2024


On 2024-01-17, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:11:31 -0000 (UTC), Simon Clubley wrote:
>> 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?

Because, at best, it has only had a very small fraction of the effort
spent on probing it that the mainstream network stacks have had.

Simon.

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