[Info-vax] Desirable features for VMS

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-01-24, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 1/24/2024 8:13 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2024-01-23, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> What is really rude is talking about Linux on c.o.v ...
>>>
>>
>> Unless you consider VMS to be perfect and not in need of any improvement,
>> other operating systems offer some good ideas that it would be nice to
>> see in VMS, especially around security and internal isolation in general.
>>
>
> Then discuss the ideas and concepts ...
>

OK.

A random sample of things from Linux/Unix I would like to see in VMS:

Mandatory Access Controls (my preference) or jails (Stephen's preference).

A shell with decent modern functionality such as:

	Proper command history retention and merging from multiple sessions
	Easy searching of command history
	Tab completion
	Editing long command lines
	Globbing

Proper package management and management of updates.

Loadable and unloadable kernel modules, with device driver/filesystem/etc
functionality available from within these modules.

ASLR and KASLR support.

Proper timezone management. (Everything is always UTC based, and your
timezone is merely a local session property with no effect on the
on-disk timestamps).

The last one is policy-based, not technical:

A vendor that has proper security reporting mechanisms.

Does anyone have any others to add to the list ?

Simon.

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