[Info-vax] Kernel Transplantation

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 22:44:55 -0500, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> That DECnet uses cleartext credentials for network connections, both
> within the cleartext network protocol, and usernames and passwords
> stored within the hopefully-protected DECnet database, was straight out
> of 1990.

We know how to mitigate that nowadays. Constrain it to a limited set of 
mutually-trusted nodes, that cannot see anything else (via DECnet) anyway, 
connected via trusted channels, most likely virtual.