[Info-vax] The continued ham-stringing of IPsec/VMS - Cui Bono? - TUDs - Bobby Ewing

[Bob Koehler]

In article <hc05rh$c4f$1 at news-01.bur.connect.com.au>, "Richard Maher" <maher_rj at hotspamnotmail.com> writes:
> 
> So while it's great to see IPsec doing a Bobby Ewing and getting to live
> another day, I just cannot understand how it could possibly take another 12
> months to certify code that is already there, and will already have shipped
> in H1 2010 with TCP/IP 5.7.
> 
> Can someone please explain to me what obstacles are preventing IPsec from
> being supported in H1 2010 with VMS 8.4?

   I don't work for HP, but testing and certification of reliable code
   across a great many hardware platforms takes time.  I would not like
   to see VMS Engineering start cutting corners on testing.