Re: Clearing SWAP
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On 05/11/08 08:42, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 09:15:10PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 05/10/08 17:28, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>>> On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 04:42:11PM +0200, NN_il_Confusionario wrote:
>>>> On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 07:43:00AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>>> And a workstation running OpenVMS was considered so unhackable at
>>>>> DEFCON9 that it wasn't allowed back the next year.
>>>> and VMS, unlike unix, since the beginning was planned with solid
>>>> security in mind. In the times where classification into A,B,C,D
>>>> security made sense, there were VMS B-certified machines (the maximum
>>>> level, except for the lack of a formal mathemetical proof of that level
>>>> of security). And Digital never had to hide the code from the eyes of
>>>> the world, so that everybody could know the quality of the code (any
>>>> reference to proprietary software widely used today, and which is not of
>>>> the same level of quality as VMS, is purely wanted).
>>> I'll have to look at OpenVMS. Is it still maintained?
>> Sure. HP still makes lots of money off of it.
>>
>>> Will it run on
>>> my old 486?
>> Well, no. But you might find a VAXstation of similar power on Ebay.
>
> Thanks,
>
> I had a look at the wikipedia article for OpenVMS. It seems that the
> Open is a misnomer.
It uses open, published, standard protocols and APIs. Thus, by a
very reasonable definition, it is "open".
And the source code is available, too, but I'm not sure if you have
to be a VMS licensee.
> Is anybody working on an OpenOpenVMS?
http://www.systella.fr/~bertrand/FreeVMS/indexGB.html
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
We want... a Shrubbery!!
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