9 Dec
2005
9 Dec
'05
7:56 a.m.
Subject: Re: A Hobbyist DECnet Network
From: der Mouse <mouse at rodents.montreal.qc.ca>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:00:23 -0500 (EST)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
There's a story of a VAX at DEFCON that was subjected to the hordes
and stood well. VMS has good security out of the box, always did.
It can be made very tight without much effort and it's also so different
Probably there just aren't many hackers out
there who know enough
about DECnet to worry about,
I suspect there are actually plenty of them - several are probably on
this very list - but most (verging on all, would be my guess) are
honest enough to be no problem.
from PCs (Hardend OS and protection in hardware) so
security by obscurity
doesn't hurt.
Allison