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тАО03-03-2011 06:16 AM
тАО03-03-2011 06:16 AM
O/S Comparison - Critical Updates and Vulnerabilities
versus its competitors, including Microsoft offerings.
I need a slide that details easily how stable and secure PpenVMS is.
Many thanks
Craig
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тАО03-03-2011 07:22 AM
тАО03-03-2011 07:22 AM
Re: O/S Comparison - Critical Updates and Vulnerabilities
Dan
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http://www.openvms.org/skonetski/HP_OpenVMS_Virus_Position_Paper.pdf
http://www.openvms.org/stories.php?story=11/03/01/3148411
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тАО03-03-2011 07:26 AM
тАО03-03-2011 07:26 AM
Re: O/S Comparison - Critical Updates and Vulnerabilities
Contact me offline for some background.
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тАО03-03-2011 07:38 AM
тАО03-03-2011 07:38 AM
Re: O/S Comparison - Critical Updates and Vulnerabilities
Check if these helps -
* Comparison of operating systems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_operating_systems
* Operating-System Comparisons
http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch03s02.html
* OpenVMS vs. UNIX
http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/docs/vms_vs_unix.html
Regards,
Murali
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тАО03-03-2011 09:09 AM
тАО03-03-2011 09:09 AM
Re: O/S Comparison - Critical Updates and Vulnerabilities
http://www.pointsecure.com/pdf/Defconwhite.pdf
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тАО03-03-2011 04:05 PM
тАО03-03-2011 04:05 PM
Re: O/S Comparison - Critical Updates and Vulnerabilities
Why you ask? What are the requirements?
/Guenther
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тАО03-03-2011 07:37 PM
тАО03-03-2011 07:37 PM
Re: O/S Comparison - Critical Updates and Vulnerabilities
The Solaris and AIX functionality comparison with VMS can be found in the below link. May be helpful.
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/whitepapers/alinean_tco.pdf
Regards,
Ketan
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тАО03-03-2011 07:41 PM - last edited on тАО08-25-2011 01:51 PM by Kevin_Paul
тАО03-03-2011 07:41 PM - last edited on тАО08-25-2011 01:51 PM by Kevin_Paul
Re: O/S Comparison - Critical Updates and Vulnerabilities
Hi,
A similar topic is also discussed in the below thread. This may also be helpful.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/General/VMS-versus-UNIX/m-p/3528600#M5488
Regards,
Ketan
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тАО03-04-2011 08:01 AM
тАО03-04-2011 08:01 AM
Re: O/S Comparison - Critical Updates and Vulnerabilities
There are known vulnerabilities and security weaknesses.
There are issues with passing security audits with the web-facing VMS tools. (eg: You likely won't pass a PCI audit without additional security measures.)
Is VMS secure? Probably. This if you have a firewall, and if you manage your servers and stay current on updates and security monitoring and settings, and particularly if you're a low-value target. One that nobody cares enough to attack.
If your servers comprise a high-value financial, political or military target akin to what some recent malware was aimed at and if you're depending on opinions garnered in this forum for your security policy, well, you're toast.
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тАО03-14-2011 08:31 AM
тАО03-14-2011 08:31 AM
Re: O/S Comparison - Critical Updates and Vulnerabilities
I needed it to give a simple comparison between VMS and the not-so-secure other Operating Systems in use within our organisation.