4 Nov
2011
4 Nov
'11
1:21 p.m.
On Nov 4, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Keith Monahan wrote:
P.S. None of this is meant to support the above claim.
Just that all systems are vulnerable in some respect, no matter the make/model/version.
As a bigger meta-point, I would say that by far the bigger factor in security (modulo
zero-day vulnerabilities and the like, which may or may not be more intrinsic to one
system than another) is the operator. There are very few systems which are particularly
secure upon first installation because by the time you get the install media, it's
likely someone has found a hole in a subsidiary, third-party component.
Now, whether a VMS system can be locked down more effectively than, say,
Linux/OpenBSD/whatever with equally skilled operators is probably the real question. But
how do you quantify "equally skilled" on two very different operating systems?
- Dave