4 Nov
2011
4 Nov
'11
9:01 a.m.
On 11/4/2011 6:22 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
On 04/11/11 1:32 AM, leaknoil wrote:
I had no idea that the VAX instruction set was inherently more secure
than x86. (Here I was thinking that it was software that was
responsible for security!) Care to explain?
- Josh
On 11/3/2011 9:38 PM, Adrian Stoness wrote:
That's very insightful. The x86 has a fantastic security record. I'd
certainly pick it immediately over some unproven, obscure technology
like VAX. if its dod u will need to make it secure.
please. vms 7.3 on a vs4000 is going to be way less secure than a
current x86 box running redhat or whatever modern unix variant.
However, I'd still have to be careful about choice of operating
system, judging by news headlines. I'd avoid OpenBSD, for sure!
--Toby