[Info-vax] A few tools for improving software security

[John Dallman]

In article <uogs7c$3o3e0$2 at dont-email.me>, arne at vajhoej.dk (Arne Vajhøj)
wrote:

> I wonder how difficult it would be to get it running
> on VMS x86-64. ELF image format and x86-64 instruction
> set are already done. But I assume it would need to know
> about various RTL.

It certainly needs to know about run-times. Valgrind itself is C. The
project's platforms page says: 

  Windows is not under consideration because porting to it would require
  so many changes it would almost be a separate project. ... Also,
  non-open-source OSes are difficult to deal with; being able to see 
  the OS and associated (libc) source code makes things much easier.

VMS is not Windows, but their respective difference from Linux are on a
similar scale. VSI could presumably port it, but it is clearly a long way
from being the most urgent thing for them to do. 

John