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

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:06:21 -0000 (UTC), Simon Clubley wrote:

> 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.

But we already know it is an insecure protocol, and we already know how to 
run such things securely, as I pointed out before.